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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780330481823
ISBN: 0330481827
Label: Picador
Manufacturer: Picador
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: April 06, 2001
Publisher: Picador
Sales Rank: 1714603
Studio: Picador
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
One of the bestselling Vietnamese novels of all time. A searing love story set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Memories Of A Pure Spring was a huge bestseller when it was published in Vietnam in 1976 (it was subsequently, and still is, banned there). It is Huong's most commercial and engaging novel which deals with the aftermath of the war and how the ordinary Vietnamese people caught up in the conflict can readapt to their everyday lives and loves.
Average Rating: 
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Duong Thu Huong's "Memories of a Pure Spring" is not a novel that rests lightly with the reader. Instead, it insinuates itself into your being and sticks uncomfortably in your conscience. It's set in Northern Vietnam, in the aftermath of the "American War," but despite its exotic locale, it grips the heart with a sense of sorrow and exasperation almost too familiar, too painful. This, you know immediately, is not just the story of particular people in a place so far from home and so exotic you can ... Read More
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I have read other works by Duong Thu Huong, and those works inspired me to pick up this novel. Knowing that her work is banned in her home country was also incentive to check out more of her stuff.
This novel is chock full of social commentary and the brutality of man against man, but I can't help but think that this was a less than adequate translation of her work. Othertranslations I had read of other pieces presented her style as direct and unabashed, revealing the worst and best ... Read More
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The story takes place shorty before the Vietnam war. Suong, a gifted singer follows her dream to become the "nightingale with the crystal voice". Her story is one plagued with hardships that never seem to go away. Her husband Hung is the leader of Vietnams premier troupe. Together they work to entertain Vietnam during the war. The storyline is delivered in a Quentin Tarantino style format. Chapters being and end on key parts of the past, present and future. An entertaining epic with the soul of Vietnam ... Read More
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This story combines ill fortune and personal tragedy that bring a noble soul to sorrow or ruin. In modern literature, tragedy like this is rare. The hero must live and prosper because Hollywood heroes always do. Not tragedy, but romance always reigns. Memories of A Pure Spring is a tragedy in the classical sense. Huong will take you through many tragedies in this story, but the way that they are told makes you want to keep reading.
Huong takes us on an emotionally intense journey, both in a political ... Read More
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Gripping and intriguing. Never would have thought to pick it up were it not for the amazing flap copy. Well crafted and rich, it captured my interest right away. Kudos to the editor who wrote that!
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