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. Ed(S): Balaban, John; Duc, Nguyen Qui
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Paperback. Hanoi. The mysterious mountain jungles. The demimondes of the Hue court and the Saigon cafes. A rural commune. A raucous tailor shop. Just as they traverse wide landscapes, these 17 stories by the best Vietnamese writers also hearken through time to the roots of Vietnamese culture. Editor(s): Balaban, John; Duc, Nguyen Qui. Num Pages: 239 pages, 1M. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2G; DQ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 125 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Since relations between the U.S. and Vietnam have normalized, many more people are traveling to this exotic country, previously closed to a generation of Western visitors. Vietnam provides one of the first chances for Americans to know the Vietnamese outside the context of war. Vietnamese have been telling stories for thousands of years, in poetry and in song, in Chinese script and then in Vietnamese nôm, and more recently, in novels and short stories. These 17 stories, from contemporary Vietnamese writers living in Vietnam and abroad, take the literary traveler to extraordinary places: from the jungle-clad mountain ranges of the ... Read more
Since relations between the U.S. and Vietnam have normalized, many more people are traveling to this exotic country, previously closed to a generation of Western visitors. Vietnam provides one of the first chances for Americans to know the Vietnamese outside the context of war. Vietnamese have been telling stories for thousands of years, in poetry and in song, in Chinese script and then in Vietnamese nôm, and more recently, in novels and short stories. These 17 stories, from contemporary Vietnamese writers living in Vietnam and abroad, take the literary traveler to extraordinary places: from the jungle-clad mountain ranges of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Whereabouts Press United States
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
San Francisco, United States
ISBN
9781883513023
SKU
V9781883513023
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About . Ed(S): Balaban, John; Duc, Nguyen Qui
John Balaban and Nguyen Qui Duc, Editors
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