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<b>Memories of a Pure Spring</b> is a mesmerizing portrait of modern Vietnam and its people who struggle to survive under the complexities of a post-war regime. During the Vietnam war, Hung, a well-known composer, becomes enchanted by the voice and beauty of a young peasant girl named Suong. He invites her to join his troupe; she becomes his wife and his star performer. But after the war, Hung loses his job, setting off a series of events that drive him and Suong into a destructive spiral. One of Vietnam's most popular writers, <b>Duong Thu Huong</b> draws on her own experiences to describe life at the battlefront, the conditions of a "re-education" camp, and the texture and rhythm, scents and sounds, of a provincial Vietnamese city. Most of all, she tells a haunting, universal story of failed love.
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Memories of a Pure Spring, Dương Thu Hương, Nina McPherson
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- Released
- 2001
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- Title
- Memories of a Pure Spring
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Dương Thu Hương, Nina McPherson
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 368
- ISBN10
- 0140298436
- ISBN13
- 9780140298437
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Music Theme, Mystery Novels, Photography, Love, Family, Military, Military Fiction, Wars, Supernatural Phenomena, World War II, 20th century, Realistic Fiction, Linguistics, Historical Romance, Journalism, American History, Asia, Writing, Espionage, Russian Literature, Culture, Noir, Sisters, Asian Fiction, Sagas, Cold War, Road Trip, Eastern Europe, Mothers and Daughters
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- <b>Memories of a Pure Spring</b> is a mesmerizing portrait of modern Vietnam and its people who struggle to survive under the complexities of a post-war regime. During the Vietnam war, Hung, a well-known composer, becomes enchanted by the voice and beauty of a young peasant girl named Suong. He invites her to join his troupe; she becomes his wife and his star performer. But after the war, Hung loses his job, setting off a series of events that drive him and Suong into a destructive spiral. One of Vietnam's most popular writers, <b>Duong Thu Huong</b> draws on her own experiences to describe life at the battlefront, the conditions of a "re-education" camp, and the texture and rhythm, scents and sounds, of a provincial Vietnamese city. Most of all, she tells a haunting, universal story of failed love.