Author: Cole, Catherine (editor).
Title: The Perfumed River: Writings from Vietnam.
Description: Perth, Crawley UWA Publishing, 2010. Paperback octavo, very good condition, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 312 pp. This literary anthology is named after one of Vietnam's most poetic waterways. The writers live in Vietnam and a number of other countries. Some are of Vietnamese background - others not. For all the writers, Vietnam had defined itself as a voice of inspiration, of homeland, memory and discovery. These stories and poems on home, displacement, war, migration, new spaces, modernity and tradition give us rare insight into the beauty and complexity of modern Vietnam. Some of the writers are Pham Thi Hoai, Lam Thi My Da, Ho Anh Thai, Nam Le and many others. The editor is professor of creative writing at RMIT University, Melbourne. ISBN: 9781921401480

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