Memories of a Pure Spring - Softcover

Thu Huong, Duong

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330481827 ISBN 13: 9780330481823

Publisher: Picador, 2001

Synopsis

Through the story of Suong, a celebrated singer, and Hung, her composer husband, Memories of a Pure Spring paints an intimate portrait of modern Vietnam and its citizens as they struggle to survive under the complexities of the post-war regime. At the same time it tells a simple, universal story of love that is both haunting and riveting. `Huong takes us on an emotionally intense and exceedingly intelligent journey' New York Times `Huong, a brilliant storyteller, skillfully illuminates the human spirit's capacity for brutality and compassion, betrayal and beauty in each elegantly drawn and poignantly powerful scene in this complex and timeless novel' Booklist

About this title

Review:

"Duong Thu Huong has become the most poignant chronicler of [Vietnam's] disillusionment. . . . [She] writes beautifully. . . ." --Time Asia

Synopsis:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0330481827
• ISBN 13: 9780330481823
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352