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A Mural of Breath A novel by Viet Dung Nguyen Amid the world's turbulence, A Mural of Breath opens a quiet clearing - a place to return to oneself, and to the world, in a gentler light. Between history and silence, a realm learns to breathe again. A Mural of Breath is a luminous literary novel that bridges philosophy, poetry, and history through the rhythm of awareness. Set in Vietnam across centuries - from the dynasties of smoke and iron to the quiet dawn of the present - it traces the passage of artisans, emperors, monks, and wanderers who all seek the same invisible thread: perception itself. Through a style known as the ThiềnLumière Aesthetic, Nguyen shapes language as light and stillness. Each chapter becomes a mural where breath, clay, and ink replace plot; where seeing becomes understanding. Rather than retelling history, the book invites the reader to see through it - to experience consciousness unfolding across time. At once poetic and cinematic, A Mural of Breath is written for readers who love the quiet power of simplicity - for those drawn to the clarity of Hemingway, the meditative grace of Kawabata, and the moral depth of Le Clézio. It is both an homage to Vietnamese civilisation and a reflection on the universal art of being aware. One of the rare contemporary novels in English and French that reveals Vietnam beyond war - through its culture, its light, and its breath. A story where perception becomes light, and history remembers itself through silence.

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Viet Dung Nguyen is a Vietnamese-French writer, imagineer, photographer, tea master and contemporary gestural ink art artist. For over 25 years, he has created narrative and spatial worlds exploring light, memory, and awareness through the ThiềnLumière aesthetic - a dialogue between stillness and clarity.

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