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Crossing the river : short fiction / by Nguyen Huy Thiep ; edited by Nguyen Nguyet Cam & Dana Sachs ; translated by Bac Hoai Tran ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library PL4378.9.N5168 A2 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nguyễn, Huy Thiệp.
- Series:
- Voices from Vietnam ; #5.
- Voices from Vietnam ; #5
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections. English
- Language:
- English
- Vietnamese
- Subjects (All):
- Nguyễn, Huy Thiệp--Translations into English.
- Nguyễn, Huy Thiệp.
- Vietnam--Social life and customs--Fiction.
- Vietnam.
- Manners and customs.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 352 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press, [2003]
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Vietnamese.
- Summary:
- Crossing the River presents a wide range of Nguyen Huy Thiep's short fiction, both realistic stories in contemporary settings and retellings of folk myths that serve as contemporary parables. When Thiep's stories first appeared in the 1980s, they set off a chain of debate, not only within intellectual and political circles, but also within the society at large. Typically, the struggles of his characters were about survival, not survival in the context of war or revolution, but survival in the context of the emotional and psychological strength it takes to live within the harsh confines of post-war Vietnamese society. Thiep captured the emotional quality of Vietnamese life in a way no other author had done, and his importance can be recognized today by his enormous influence on younger writers.
- Contents:
- Crossing the river
- Lessons from the countryside
- The general retires
- Without a king
- My uncle Hoat
- The winds of Hua Tat: Ten stories in a small mountain village
- The salt of the jungle
- A drop of blood
- A sharp sword
- Fired gold
- Chastity
- Rain
- Life's so fun
- Love story told on a rainy night
- Remembrance of the countryside
- The water nymph.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1880684926
- OCLC:
- 51536498
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