Stories about Literature in Hanoi
Sign of the Rat – Illustrated Action ThrillerJack Harbison - jack_harbison [55] Enjoy a fast-paced escape to Vietnam, with more than 60 photo-realistic illustrations.
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Hoi An |
Hanoi |
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Strife from Without and Within: Two Novels by Duong Thu HuongKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] "Those American bastards!" Rarely does one come across an exclamation like this, especially in so revered a Western institution as the Penguin book. But it forms a kind of refrain in Duong Thu Huong's...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Beyond the Sorrow of WarKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] A man volunteers to fight a war ostensibly to defend his country against foreign invasion. He abandons his lover and spends years plodding through the jungle where everything dies. "No jungle grew...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Painters in HanoiThingsAsian Booklist - tab [1,449] Title: Painters in Hanoi. An Ethnography of Vietnamese Art. Author: Nora Annesley Taylor. Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (2004) ISBN: 0824826132. Details: hardcover, 7 1/4" x 10 1/4", 176...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Classical Tragedy, Modern VietnamKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] The classical definition of tragedy is very different from its modern usage. A plane crash is declared a tragedy in the headlines of newspapers and on the evening news. But it does not have the...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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The Story of Watermelon IslandNguyen Nguyet Cam - ncam [134] A long, long time ago, kings still felt a bond with the common people. Instead of shutting themselves away in their castles, surrounded by fences and guards, they spent time with their subjects and...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Tan Da: Vietnam's First Modern PoetJason Gibbs - jgibbs [355] In Vietnam, poetry is truly part of popular culture. Daily newspapers print poems, poetry books are prominently displayed in bookstores and there are radio and television shows of and about poetry.
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Vietnam's Education An Expatriate Teacher's PrimerSteven K. Bailey - sbailey [7,770] Expatriate teaching has a long tradition in Asia. Americans, Canadians, Britons and Australians can be found in classrooms from Seoul to Singapore. The vast majority of these teachers work as...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Fifty Years of Painting and Sculpture on Armed Forces and Revolutionary WarsSteven K. Bailey - sbailey [7,770] In 1994, the People's Army of Vietnam (VPA) marked the 50th anniversary of its creation on December 12, 1944. To commemorate this milestone, the People's Army Publishing House and the Fine Arts...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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Fruit Trees in VietnamSteven K. Bailey - sbailey [7,770] According to my friends, one of the oddest things about me is the fact I'm allergic to fruit. Bananas, pineapples, oranges--I can't stand any of them. If forced to eat fruit, my mouth and throat start...
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Hanoi |
Vietnam
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