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No Hanoi summer lasts forever
It's been brutally hot and, at times, fairly airless in Saigon this week, which reminds me of this old piece of fiction set in Hanoi when 'we' had no aircon (and when uncle Leo was up to no good).
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Phường 19 (Binh Thanh Edition)
In 2019, I wrote this paean to my local neighbourhood in Saigon. Although I worry one small part of it is becoming too much of a 'Pub Street', it's…
Connla Stokes
Mar 15
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The Year of Living Haruki-Murakamily
First published by Eksentrika (2022), this satirical story, written in peak pandemic times, began as a spoof of Mr. Murakami's oeuvre but unfurled into…
Connla Stokes
Feb 17
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Tet in Saigon is oh so quiet
I first wrote this in 2017 and even though downtown HCMC has got much busier at Tet in recent years, it mostly holds up (I have updated it a smidge…
Connla Stokes
Jan 20
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From the back catalogue: desperate and insignificant men in the West of the Ireland.
Having watched ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’ the other night, I thought I'd re-post this short story, which also features some desperate, maudlin men who…
Connla Stokes
Jan 12
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Falling for Old Saigon in Ho Chi Minh City
An essay on expatriate nostalgia in a rapidly developing metropolis.
Connla Stokes
Dec 30, 2022
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Where letters were sent in hope
THIS WEEK, I spent a day and a bit thinking about a grand old building we can easily take for granted here in Saigon. The Central Post Office…
Connla Stokes
Dec 8, 2022
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Head over heels and AWOL
I wrote about Veto Baker before, but as its 50 years to the month that he ran out on the US military to be with the Vietnamese woman he loved, here's a…
Connla Stokes
Oct 14, 2022
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Stories by Connla Stokes, mostly set in Vietnam
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