Ticket to Childhood: A Novel

By: Nguyen Nhat Anh

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Synopsis: &“This charming short work recalls The Little Prince in its depiction of childhood sensibilities pitted against an often illogical and absurd adult world&” (Publishers Weekly). A fable for all ages and a massive bestseller in the author&’s home country of Vietnam, Ticket to Childhood captures the texture of childhood in all of its richness. Narrated by a man looking back, it explores the small miracles and tragedies, the misadventures and misdeeds, that made up his life. We meet his long-lost friends, none of whom can forget how rich their lives once were. Even if Nguyen Nhat Anh can&’t take us back to our own younger days, he proves himself a master at capturing those innocent times with great deftness—in a novel that also offers &“a startlingly vivid portrait of 21st-century Vietnam and its growing pains&” (Shelf Awareness). &“A hugely appealing and engaging author.&” —The New Criterion