Vu Trong Phung Book order
October 20, 1912 – October 13, 1939
Vũ Trọng Phụng was a prominent Vietnamese writer and journalist of the early 20th century, celebrated for his sharp satirical and ironic prose that critiqued societal ills. His works, often depicting reality with unflinching honesty and sometimes controversial elements, brought him into conflict with contemporary censorship. Despite a brief writing career, he left behind a substantial and influential literary legacy, which later faced periods of prohibition and subsequent recognition for its significant contribution to Vietnamese literature.
- 2024
- 2002
Dumb luck
- 200 pages
- 7 hours of reading
This once banned book is the first colonial-era Vietnamese novel to be translated into English and published in the West
