Paradise of the blind

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Paradise of the blind

Doug Thu Huong ; translated from the Vietnamese by Phan Huy Duong and Nina McPherson

Perennial, 2002

1st Perennial ed

  • : pbk

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Những thiên đường mù

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"First U.S. edition of this book was published in 1993 by William Morrow"--T.p. verso

Translation of: Những thiên đường mù

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Paradise of the Blind is an exquisite portrait of three Vietnamese women struggling to survive in a society where subservience to men is expected and Communist corruption crushes every dream. Through the eyes of Hang, a young woman in her twenties who has grown up amidst the slums and intermittent beauty of Hanoi, we come to know the tragedy of her family as land reform rips apart their village. When her uncle Chinh's political loyalties replace family devotion, Hang is torn between her mother's appalling self-sacrifice and the bitterness of her aunt who can avenge but not forgive. Only by freeing herself from the past will Hang be able to find dignity -- and a future.

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