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100			_aDuong Thu Huong
245			_aParadise of the Blind
260			_a New York, NYUnited States _bHarperCollins Publishers Inc _c 17 Jan 2003
300			_a 272 pages _bPaperback _c134.62 x 198.12 x 20.32mm | 430.91g
520			_aParadise 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. _dFiction
655			_aWar _dWar _GWar
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