"People on the Road of Life" - Beautiful Fire Multiplies Faith

"People on the Road of Life" - the latest book by journalist and writer Ho Quang Loi, over 500 pages thick with 50 articles, has just been released by Hanoi Publishing House. Unlike the 9 previously published books, most of which are in the genre of political commentary on current events, which is Ho Quang Loi's forte, "People on the Road of Life" is written by the author about the people who have left a deep impression on his nearly 45 years of writing.

The book "People on the road of life" by journalist and writer Ho Quang Loi.

Play the role of narrator, Ho Quang Loi takes readers to many memory regions through encounters spanning from 1994 to 2024. Part I - "People in the Storm" and Part II - "Dignity" are about people associated with historical events or changes in the country. In Part I, readers hear the story of 10 Lam Ha girls who fought bravely and sacrificed on the artillery platform; about the ship captain Maddox Nguyen Van Gian; about businessman Ho Minh Hoang with his aspiration and will to pave the way...

In part II, Ho Quang Loi contributes to "painting" portraits of high-ranking leaders who play a decisive role in the country's development, such as: General Vo Nguyen Giap; General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong; former General Secretary Do Muoi; former General Secretary Le Kha Phieu; former President Le Duc Anh; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Prime Minister Phan Van Khai; former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan; former Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Pham Quang Nghi... Titled "Carrying so many religions...", part III of the book is a series of special pages about artists, journalists, and intellectuals that the author loves and respects, such as: Journalist Huu Tho, musician Trinh Cong Son, historian Phan Huy Le, journalist Phan Quang, Professor Vu Khieu, musician Hong Dang...

Closing the work is part IV - "The Light of Conscience", in this part, the author writes about international friends who love Vietnam, world-class figures such as: Former French President Francois Mitterrand; former US President Bill Clinton; billionaire Bill Gates, Russian President V. Putin...

At the book launch ceremony recently held at the Hanoi Library, author Ho Quang Loi shared that he had spent a lot of time thinking about the title of the book, and decided to choose "People on the Road of Life", simple but containing his thoughts about people in life, people in this world. Turning each page of the book, it is not difficult to realize that the author always gives humane emotions to the characters.

As when writing about 32 young volunteers, workers at the "fire coordinate" Hoang Mai who sacrificed their lives on April 28, 1966 due to a missile launched from an American plane that collapsed the cave, Ho Quang Loi wrote: "So many months have passed, the Hoang Mai sky is still blue, the rocky mountains seem to have healed and are green again as before, but the survivors of that fierce day can still hear the cries of their comrades pouring out from the mountain's bowels, through the cracks in the rocks. The passionate calls of love for life... (The heroic event of Cave Group 4).

Or when writing about Major General Tran Cong Man (former Editor-in-Chief of the People's Army Newspaper), the leader whom the author considered a teacher, he devoted these emotional sentences: "I still see his figure leisurely walking across Ly Nam De Street, his silver hair like clouds under the green canopy of the familiar old dracontomelon trees, as if still seeing under the late night light, his pen rushing quickly as if flying across the manuscript pages, chasing after the bright ideas, as if still hearing his warm, calm voice in the simple stories about life and career" (The Dedication to the New and the Truth).

Not only a journalist, Ho Quang Loi is also a writer. Perhaps that is why in the articles full of information, readers can still feel the sparkling literary quality. "People on the road of life" has continued to affirm the delicate observation and the ability to choose evocative details of a talented writer. When observing the first visit to Dien Bien Phu by French President F. Mitterrand, the author wrote: "The President looked at the cannons and the ruined tanks standing alone in the middle of Muong Thanh field... Not far from where the President stood were trenches, fighting bunkers, and traces of the war that were preserved so that 39 years of rain and sunshine could not fill them. The President listened silently, occasionally looking around. The basin is so peaceful now! Yet 39 years ago, for 56 days and nights, the weight of history had been poured into this basin, creating one of the fiercest and strangest confrontations in the history of modern warfare". (When President F. Mitterrand arrived at Dien Bien Phu).

Taking people as the center, author Ho Quang Loi does not simply praise them but puts them in the light of current events to clarify the contributions of each individual to the country and history, whether they are ordinary people or important people, domestic or international. Reading "People on the Road of Life", understanding more about the specific people who left their mark on the author's career and life, will also help you understand more about journalist and writer Ho Quang Loi - a writer who is always full of creativity, a heart full of humanistic feelings, and cherishes people.

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