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9781596543508
A prose translation of Vietnam's national epic. Kieu, as the work is generally known, is the tale of filial obligation, love, betrayal, war and redemption. A young girl, gifted in the arts of music and poetry, falls in love with a poor scholar. But to pay her father's debts she agrees to marry for money. Wrong husband chosen, she becomes at times a slave, a nun, a concubine of a rebel commander, before finally returning to the family and man she loves.Du, Nguyen is the author of 'Kim Van Kieu' with ISBN 9781596543508 and ISBN 1596543507.
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