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A stunning new translation of the legendary Vietnamese epic poem, now for the first time in Penguin Classics Considered the greatest literary achievement in Vietnamese, The Song of Kieu tells the story of the beautiful Vuong Thuy Kieu, who agrees to a financially profitable marriage in order to save her family from ruinous debts, but is tricked into working in a brothel. Her tragic life involves jealous wives, slavery, war, poverty, and time as a nun. Adapted from a seventeenth-century Chinese novel, Jin Yun Qiao, written by an unknown writer under the pseudonym Qingxin Cairen, author Nguyen Du upended the plot's traditional love story by conveying the social and political upheavals at the end of the 18th century in Vietnam.
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| OPC | PWKGRY |
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| Codes | 0241360668 (ISBN-10) |
| 9780241360668 (ISBN) |
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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 Kieuhas 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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- ISBN The Song of Kieu book English Paperback 240 pages
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Weight & dimensions
| Weight | 179 g |
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| Height | 198 mm |
| Width | 129 mm |
| Depth | 14 mm |
Features
| Language version | English |
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| Release date (DD/MM/YYYY) | 25.04.2019 |
| Number of pages | 240 pages |
| Written by | Nguyen Du |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication year | 2019 |
| International Standard Book Number (ISBN) | 9780241360668 |
| Book cover type | Paperback |
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