| The Kim Van Kieu of Nguyen Du (1765-1820) Contributor(s): Nguyen Du (Author), Zhukov, Vladislav (Translator), Taylor, K. W. (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0877277605 ISBN-13: 9780877277606 Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications OUR PRICE: $27.67 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Asian - General - Poetry | Asian - General - History | Asia - Southeast Asia |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 7" W x 10.1" (0.60 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Kim Van Kieu of Nguyen Du, written in the early nineteenth century and commonly considered to be a defining masterpiece of Vietnamese literature, is the story of an educated and beautiful young woman who suffers misfortune and degradation before obtaining justice and peace. It is a long poem in a complex metric and rhyme scheme that is distinctively Vietnamese. Vladislav Zhukov here provides the first English-language translation, perfectly conveying the poetic form of the original work and thereby producing a literary creation in English that is equivalent to Nguyen Du's genius in Vietnamese--one that can be appreciated as poetry in English. |