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Title: Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong, Phan Huy Duong, Nina McPherson ISBN: 0-14-023620-1 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.38 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful and Truthful
Comment: If anyone wants to truly understand Vietnam's history and what life under communism is like, they should read this book. Duong Thu Huong reveals a reality I had not known about until I read Paradise of the Blind. This book captures the idealistic hope and devastating betrayal and disillusionment of those who gave their lives and hopes to communism, only to discover it is a lie. I will never be able to look at Vietnam and the war the same way again. The fact that this book is banned in Vietnam only reveals its power. I look forward to reading more of this author's books.
Rating: 5
Summary: Paradise of the Blind- truly a delight!
Comment: Paradise of the Blind is a poignanant, deeply moving book and a beautiful portrayal of three women in 1950 era Vietnamese society. The book revolves around Hang, a 20 year old "exported worker" who recalls much of the action in a series of flashbacks. Through her memory Hang struggles to purge herself of a binding past- a family nearly destroyed by communist corruption. Only once she distances herself from her family's history, especially from the lingering emotions of hatred and loyalty towards family, can Hang move on with her life, succeed and become personally liberated.
Rating: 3
Summary: Vietnam under communist rule.
Comment: This book gives a good picture of the atmosphere in the country: dictatorial power of corrupt party bosses, no free speech, hunger, inflation, collective suspicion, spying.
It is well constructed: a mixture of flashbacks and actual facts.
But I feel that the main characters are not integrated in the country's political and social system. There is a gap between the comments on the political and social environment and the experiences of the protagonists.
To the bargain, the novel is full of family reunions with enumerations of long lists of dishes, what makes the reading sometimes boring.
I prefer by far the work of Truong Nhu Tang 'A Vietcong Memoir'.
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Title: Novel Without a Name by Thu Hng Dng, Duong Thu Huong ISBN: 0140255109 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Memories of a Pure Spring by Thu Hng Dng, Nina McPherson, Phan Huy Duong, Duong Thu Houng, Huy Ng Phan, Duong Thu Huong ISBN: 0140298436 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Age of Iron by J. M. Coetzee ISBN: 0140275657 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam by Bao Ninh, Frank Palmos, Phan Thanh Hao, Bao Ninh, Bao ISBN: 1573225436 Publisher: Riverhead Books Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Beyond Illusions : A Novel by Duong Thu Huong, Phan Huy Duong, Nina McPherson ISBN: 0786864176 Publisher: Theia Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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