Nguyen Huy Thiep is a Vietnamese writer. He has been described as Vietnam's most influential writer. This collection of short stories by Nguyen Huy Thiep is reprinted in the 2007 version on the occasion of the author's 70th anniversary (1950 - 2020). The stories in the book are selected by the writer himself, arranged in chronological order. In the 2007 edition, Nguyen Huy Thiep invited many contemporary artists to illustrate the booklet. In the new 2020 edition, readers will see most of the illustrations by Vietnamese contemporary artists again. The book includes 42 works, arranged in chronological order of composition, showing the forte of short stories of writer Nguyen Huy Thiep with a diverse array of topics including history and literature; myths and fairy tales; contemporary Vietnamese society; village society and workers.