Vaddey Ratner

Award-winning, NYTimes bestselling author ⭐️ IN THE SHADOW OF THE BANYAN (PEN/Hemingway finalist) ⭐️ MUSIC OF THE GHOSTS (Aspen Words Literary Prize longlist)

[Vaddey Ratner @VaddeyRatner]

I come from a history where books were burnt, voices of conscience silenced. A child enduring that atrocity, I became mute to stay alive. Now I share with you an updated image of 30 covers of my two novels. I feel I’ve been gifted with not only a voice but its many echoes.

[Vaddey Ratner @VaddeyRatner]

Happy to share the Italian edition of my second novel #MusicoftheGhosts, from @ObarraOedizioni. Now MUSICA DEI FANTASMI and ALL’OMBRA DEL BANIANO have found a home together under the auspices of a team dedicated to bringing unique Asian stories and voices to the Italian audience.

[O barra O edizioni @ObarraOedizioni]

Sinfonie del passato

“Musica dei fantasmi” è opera di una scrittrice segnata dalla guerra, ma capace di trovare poesia anche in paesaggi brutali

Su @Internazionale la recensione del romanzo di @VaddeyRatner

#recensionilibri #vaddetyratner #cambogia

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@madeleinethien Oh, Maddie, I'm too stunned for words. Will em soon. For now all my love.

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@GuitPatrick 🙏🙏🙏

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@ALittleWordCo @KimScaravelli Thank you!

[Little Word Co. @ALittleWordCo]

@KimScaravelli In the Shadow of the Banyon by @VaddeyRatner. It’s epic.

[Vaddey Ratner @VaddeyRatner]

Delighted to share with you this wonderful anthology of Khmer literature for which I've written the Foreword and translated an excerpt of one of the most beloved Cambodian novels, Wilted Flower (ផ្កាស្រពេាន in Khmer) by Nou Hach, who perished under the Khmer Rouge.

[Rebecca Ley @rebeccahelenley]

I read this while in Cambodia last month and I’m still thinking about it. Devastating but oh-so-beautiful - thank you ⁦@VaddeyRatner⁩

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@rebeccahelenley Thank you so much🙏💙

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@alokgoyal1971 Thank you for reading it.

[Alok Goyal @alokgoyal1971]

Wars make the worst of beasts as well as heroes out of the most unlikely humans!

Finished reading this book last night set in the 1975-79 period in Combodia. Outside tale of @VaddeyRatner narrated as a story.

[Andrew Ellson @andrewellson]

@VaddeyRatner just read In The Shadow of the Banyan (while in Cambodia). A remarkable book and achievement. Thank you for telling this incredible story.

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@andrewellson Thank you so much.

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Our June Book of the Month is @VaddeyRatner "In The Shadow of the Banyan", set in #Cambodia. Join us at our book club meeting on June 15 and get inspired! @TripFiction #bookclub #travelbybook
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Join @Journeywoman (in partnership with @tripfiction) #bookclub 8pm 15 June EDT (1am BST 16 June)

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Reading In The Shadow of the Banyan by @VaddeyRatner

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[Maura Lynch @Loudmouthkid62]

10 Must-Read Books by Asian American and Pacific Islander Authors @OffTheShelf #AAPI #authors
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[Vaddey Ratner @VaddeyRatner]

@madeleinethien Thank you, Maddie. My love in return.

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@likaluca @LKWarrell Congratulations, Lisa! How exciting! And congratulations to the author!

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@madeleinethien @globeandmail Missing you as well, dear one. Thought of you some days ago as I was working on a bit of translation of Nou Hach's novel.