Nguyen Khai is considered a great writer of modern Vietnamese literature in the second half of the twentieth century. With the concept “The writer is also a thinker”, he succeeded in building a style of philosophical discussion in literature. Nguyen Khai's literary works express topical, shrewd, perceptive and wise insights. The style of philosophical discussion in Nguyen Khai’s prose is revealed in all aspects of the genres: the subject, the plot, the characters and the language. Nguyen Khai deserves the honor of researchers and readers as: “an intellectual writer” (Phan Cu De), “one of the leading writers in the literary life” in Viet Nam over the past decades (Vuong Tri Nhan).