Memories of a Pure Spring

Memories of a Pure Spring

by Duong Thu Huong (Author)

Synopsis

Through the story of Suong, a celebrated singer, and Hung, her composer husband, Memories of a Pure Spring paints an intimate portrait of modern Vietnam and its citizens as they struggle to survive under the complexities of the post-war regime. At the same time it tells a simple, universal story of love that is both haunting and riveting.

`Huong takes us on an emotionally intense and exceedingly intelligent journey' New York Times

`Huong, a brilliant storyteller, skillfully illuminates the human spirit's capacity for brutality and compassion, betrayal and beauty in each elegantly drawn and poignantly powerful scene in this complex and timeless novel' Booklist

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: Picador
Published: 06 Apr 2001

ISBN 10: 0330481827
ISBN 13: 9780330481823

Author Bio
Duong Thu Huong was born in Vietnam in 1947. Aged twenty, she led a Communist Youth Brigade sent to the front during the Vietnam War; she was one of three survivors. A vocal advocate for human rights and democratic reform, she was expelled from the Communist Party in 1990. She continues to live and write in Hanoi.