Vietnam

A Traveler's Literary Companion

By: John Balaban (Editor), Nguyn Qui Duc (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 October 1996

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Since relations between the U.S. and Vietnam have normalized, many more people are traveling to this exotic country, previously closed to a generation of Western visitors. Vietnam provides one of the first chances for Americans to know the Vietnamese outside the context of war. Vietnamese have been telling stories for thousands of years, in poetry and in song, in Chinese script and then in Vietnamese nôm, and more recently, in novels and short stories. These 17 stories, from contemporary Vietnamese writers living in Vietnam and abroad, take the literary traveler to extraordinary places: from the jungle-clad mountain ranges of the North to the mysterious silence of the old capital along the Perfume River. Proximity of the spirit world, love of family, exhaustion from war, one''s Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist obligations, social protest, and the hunger for a better life — these are some of the concerns to be encountered in these thrilling landscapes. Contributors include Nguyen Huy Thiep, Linh Bao, Nguyen Ba Trac, Thich Duc Thien, Ho Anh Thai, Le Minh Khue, Doan Quoc Sy, Vu Bao, Duong Thu Huong, Andrew Q. Lam, Nguyen Qui Duc, Qui The, Bao Ninh, and Pham Thi Hoai.

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Map of Vietnam
Preface
Salt of the Jungle	p. 1
The Shelter	p. 14
The Saigon Tailor Shop	p. 28
The Goat Meat Special	p. 42
A Small Tragedy	p. 53
Crossing the River	p. 90
The Stranded Fish	p. 103
A River's Mystery	p. 107
The Color of Sorrow	p. 111
Dark Wood and Shadows	p. 135
Remembrance of the Countryside	p. 152
The Colonel	p. 178
How Long until the End of Bitterness?	p. 182
Dresses, Dresses	p. 191
Fired Gold	p. 204
Scent of the Tiger	p. 215
The White Horse	p. 223
Contributors	p. 233
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