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Paradise of the Blind, Dương Thu Hương, translated from Vietnamese by Phan Huy Đường and Nina McPherson, 1988, Vietnam, NOVEL

"...The foods, flowers, heat, and rain of Vietnam are evoked to expose the broken world of Hang and her family. Dương Thu Hương, an advocate for democratic political reform and one of Vietnam's most popular writers, wrote Paradise of the Blind in response to a government call for writers to use their art to encourage traditional Vietnamese values..."

(H.S., p. 85)

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This book really made me curious about Dương Thu Hương, as well as Vietnamese literature in general. I've often heard her name thrown about as a possible Nobel winner and whilst I think she has potential, based on Paradise of the Blind I think there is still some way to go. I really want to pick up some of her other work to see how they compare.

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Her Novel Without a Name is phenomenal, I can tell you that much.

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I love Novel Without a Name, still thinking about it so much later...

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