The women on the island : a novel / by Ho Anh Thai ; translated by Phan Thanh Hao, Celeste Bacchi, and Wayne Karlin ; introduction by Wayne Karlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hồ, Anh Thái, author.

Contributor:

Phan, Thanh Hao, 1950- translator.

Bacchi, Celeste, translator.

Karlin, Wayne, translator, author of introduction, etc.

Standardized Title:

Người đàn bà trên đảo. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vietnamese fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle, [Washington] ; London, [England] : University of Washington Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Deep in the forested Vietnamese island of Cat Bac, a jungle seethes with the irrepressible force of its own history. Haunted by agonies of temptation and frustration, “the women on the island” are prisoners of the power of the place, the power of the past, the power of desire and constraint. Yet like the jungle of jackfruit trees and bamboo itself, desire is a force that cannot be subdued.This novel illuminates the plight of a generation of men and women in post-war Vietnam. It explores issues of family and gender and charts Vietnam’s effort to redefine its relationship to its past and future. Popular writer Ho Anh Thai brings into view the struggle of women who survived their service during the war years. Like male veterans in America and Vietnam, they returned to a society which they had defended, but which in many ways had no place for them. By confronting these issues, Ho Anh Thai has contributed to the debate in Vietnam over the rights of unmarried women with children. Through the lens of this particular time and place, The Women on the Island probes the timeless question of how we find ways to live in harmony with the tangled and contradictory compulsions of our own souls.

Contents:

Cover; THE WOMEN ON THE ISLAND; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND THE TRANSLATORS

Notes:

Translation of: Người đàn bà trên đảo (Hà Nôi: Nxb. Lao Động, 1988).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780295802404

0295802405

OCLC:

935254518