The Tale of Kieu: A Bilingual Edition of Nguyen Du's Truyen Kieu - Paperback
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The Tale of Kieu: A Bilingual Edition of Nguyen Du's Truyen Kieu - Paperback
$55.80
by Huynh Sanh Thong (Translator)
Since its publication in the early nineteenth century, this long narrative poem has stood unchallenged as the supreme masterpiece of Vietnamese literature. Thông's new and absorbingly readable translation (on pages facing the Vietnamese text) is illuminated by notes that give comparative passages from the Chinese novel on which the poem was based, details on Chinese allusions, and literal translations with background information explaining Vietnamese proverbs and folk sayings.
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Since its publication in the early nineteenth century, this long narrative poem has stood unchallenged as the supreme masterpiece of Vietnamese literature. Huynh's new and absorbingly readable translation (on pages facing the Vietnamese text) is illuminated by notes that give comparative passages from the Chinese novel on which the poem was based, details on Chinese allusions, and literal translations with background information explaining Vietnamese proverbs and folk sayings.
Number of Pages: 216
Dimensions: 0.82 x 8.18 x 5.55 IN
Publication Date: September 10, 1987
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