Format:
Book
Author:
Dương, Thu Hương.
Title:
Paradise of the blind / Duong Thu Huong ; translated from the Vietnamese by Phan Huy Duong and Nina McPherson.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Morrow, ©1993.
Description:
270 pages ; 25 cm
Summary:
Now, at last, comes the first Vietnamese novel ever translated and published in North America. Duong Thu Huong is Vietnam's most beloved and outspoken novelist. In Paradise of the Blind she has created a devastating portrait of three women fighting to maintain their dignity in a society that expects ever greater sacrifices from them. Paradise of the Blind is a rich, sensuous journey through a Vietnam never seen before. In images of astonishing grace and power, and through her unforgettable gallery of women, Duong Thu Huong dazzles the reader with her ability to evoke the colors, the foods, the smells, and the age-old rituals of her country. At the center of the novel is Hang, a young woman forced to grow up too fast in the slums of Hanoi and the turbulence of modern Vietnam. Duong Thu Huong brilliantly captures Hang's rebellion against her mother and the loneliness of her search for self. There is Hang's mother, who watches, powerless, as her life is shattered by a fanatical political campaign led by her own brother. And there is the mysterious Aunt Tam, who has accumulated wealth and bitterness in equal parts and seeks to pass on both to her niece, Hang. The intoxicating beauty of the Vietnamese countryside, the hunger, the pride, the endurance of ordinary Vietnamese people confronted with the hypocrisy and corruption that surround them - all are here in this moving and lyrical novel. With the publication of Paradise of the Blind comes the introduction of a world-class storyteller whose extraordinary sensitivity and courage have captivated a generation of Vietnamese readers.
Subjects:
Vietnam -- Fiction.
Genre:
Bildungsromans.
Other Author:
Duong, Huy Phan.
McPherson, Nina.
Other Title:
Những thiên đường mù. English
Notes:
Translation of: Những thiên đường mù.
LCCN:
92018599
ISBN:
9780060505592
0060505591
Other Number:
26096645
System Availability:
5
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
5
Control Number:
746264
Call Number:
FICTION Duong
Course Reserves:
0
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5
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5