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"Light Out" and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930–1954

"Light Out" and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930–1954

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      "Light Out" and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930–1954, translated by Quan Manh Ha and Paul Christiansen, with an essay by Ngô Văn Giá, is the first anthology in English of colonial Vietnamese literature written by canonical authors. Light Out depicts colonial exploitation, impoverished peasants at the mercy of precarious crop cycles, and institutionalized corruption that pits peasants against village officials. Set over the course of a few days, the novella presents an intimate look into the rural society in northern Vietnam during the height of French colonialism, exposing the brutal realities of the period and the impact such deprivations have on the human spirit. The eighteen short stories included in this book thematically delineate colonial abuses, class discrimination, patriarchal expectations, and livelihoods tethered to an unstable environment. Aesthetically, they illuminate the impact of French literary traditions and Western thought on Vietnamese traditions of storytelling.
      CONTRIBUTORS: "Light Out" and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930–1954 EAN: 9781501778025 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: 228 WEIGHT: 907 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-11-15 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / World Literature / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      South East Asia, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Fiction: general and literary, Asian history

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      Quan Manh Ha is Professor of American Literature at the University of Montana. He is a co-translator of Other Moons, Hanoi at Midnight, The Termite Queen, and Longings.Paul Christiansen is a former Fulbright fellow and writer and editor residing in Sài Gòn, Vietnam. He is the author of Beneath Sài Gòn's Chò Nâu.

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      "Light Out" and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930–1954, translated by Quan Manh Ha and Paul Christiansen, with an essay by Ngô Văn Giá, is the first anthology in English of colonial Vietnamese literature written by canonical authors. Light Out depicts colonial exploitation, impoverished peasants at the mercy of precarious crop cycles, and institutionalized corruption that pits peasants against village officials. Set over the course of a few days, the novella presents an intimate look into the rural society in northern Vietnam during the height of French colonialism, exposing the brutal realities of the period and the impact such deprivations have on the human spirit. The eighteen short stories included in this book thematically delineate colonial abuses, class discrimination, patriarchal expectations, and livelihoods tethered to an unstable environment. Aesthetically, they illuminate the impact of French literary traditions and Western thought on Vietnamese traditions of storytelling.
      CONTRIBUTORS: "Light Out" and Modern Vietnamese Stories, 1930–1954 EAN: 9781501778025 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: 228 WEIGHT: 907 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Cornell University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-11-15 CITY: GENRE: FICTION / World Literature / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, LITERARY CRITICISM / Short Stories WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      South East Asia, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Fiction: general and literary, Asian history

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      Quan Manh Ha is Professor of American Literature at the University of Montana. He is a co-translator of Other Moons, Hanoi at Midnight, The Termite Queen, and Longings.Paul Christiansen is a former Fulbright fellow and writer and editor residing in Sài Gòn, Vietnam. He is the author of Beneath Sài Gòn's Chò Nâu.

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