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The Song of Kieu
- A New Lament
Af: Nguyen Du
Engelsk Paperback
The Song of Kieu
- A New Lament
Af: Nguyen Du
Engelsk Paperback

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''An essential book for anyone invested, not only in Vietnamese literature, but the historic power of the national epic . . . and its perennial place in our species'' efforts toward self-knowledge. Tim Allen''s new translation offers clean fluidity while honouring the original''s varied rhythms and jagged lyricism. A luminous feat.'' Ocean Vuong, winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize

Ever since it exploded into Vietnam''s cultural life two centuries ago, The Song of Kieu has been one of that nation''s most beloved and defining central myths. It recounts the tragic fate of the beautiful singer and poet Kieu, who agrees to marry to save her family from debt but is tricked into working in a brothel. Over the course of a swift-moving story involving kidnap, war, jealous wives and rebel heroes, she will become a queen, wife, nun, slave, victim and avenger, surviving through the strength of her words and her wits alone.

Translated with an introduction by Timothy Allen



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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
240
ISBN-13:
9780241360668
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0241360668
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Udg. Dato:
25 apr 2019
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
132mm
Forlag:
Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
25 apr 2019
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