Dumb Luck A Novel by Vu Trong Phung

Name: Dumb Luck A Novel by Vu Trong Phung
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ISBN: 9780472068043

ISBN-10: 0472068040

ISBN-13: 9780472068043

Edition: 2002

Authors: Peter Zinoman, Nguyen Nguyet Cam

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Banned in Vietnam until 1986, Dumb Luck--by the controversial and influential Vietnamese writer Vu Trong Phung--is a bitter satire of the rage for modernization in Vietnam during the late colonial era. First published in Hanoi during 1936, it follows the absurd and unexpected rise within colonial society of a street-smart vagabond named Red-haired Xuan. As it charts Xuan's fantastic social ascent, the novel provides a panoramic view of late colonial urban social order, from the filthy sidewalks of Hanoi's old commercial quarter to the gaudy mansions of the emergent Francophile northern upper classes. The transformation of traditional Vietnamese class and gender relations triggered by the…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 6/30/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English