Two Cakes Fit for a King: Folktales from Vietnam (A Latitude 20 Book) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 082482668X ISBN 13: 9780824826680

Verlag: University of Hawaii Press, 2003

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Book by CAM Nguyen Nguyet

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Reseña del editor:

For centuries, Vietnamese have sustained the history of their nation, both actual and mythic, through their folklore. These stories, passed from generation to generation, contain not only the national saga, but also fundamental cultural values that Vietnamese hold dear. Some stories, like ""A Daughter's Love,"" are imaginative accounts of early Vietnamese history. Others, like ""The Anger of the Waters"" and the title story, ""Two Cakes Fit for a King,"" provide colorful explanations of the world and how it works. ""The Story of Watermelon Island"" offers readers a glimpse of the traditional agrarian values and way of life that are the foundation of Vietnamese society. Imaginative and captivating, funny and sometimes tragic, these tales have remained popular and culturally significant for Vietnamese, young and old, for hundreds of years. The intricate illustrations draw on centuries-old painting styles and on natural imagery and everyday life in Vietnam.

Biografía del autor:

Nguyen Nguyet Cam is instructor in Vietnamese language at the University of California, Berkeley. Dana Sachs is the author of The House on Dream Street: Memoir of an American Woman in Vietnam and co-translator of Le Minh Khue's collection of short fiction, The Stars, the Earth, the River. Bui Hoai Mai, a graduate of the Hanoi Fine Arts College, has exhibited his paintings and photographs in Vietnam and Europe. He lives in Hanoi and Bac Ninh, Vietnam.

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• Verlag: University of Hawaii Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 082482668X
• ISBN 13: 9780824826680
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 132
• Herausgeber: CAM Nguyen Nguyet, Sachs Dana
• Zeichner: Mai Bui Hoai