Paradise of the Blind

By:

Duong Thu Huong

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York, NYUnited States HarperCollins Publishers Inc 17 Jan 2003Description: 272 pages Paperback 134.62 x 198.12 x 20.32mm | 430.91gISBN:

9780060505592

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895.95 HUO

Summary: 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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Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Senior Library F18 War_Section	Fiction	895.95 HUO	1	Available	War		1502111499

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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. Fiction

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