The Song of Kieu - Nguyen Du

"An essential book for anyone invested, not only in Vietnamese literature, but the historic power of the national epic...and its perennial place in our species' efforts toward self-knowledge. Tim Allen's new translation offers clean fluidity while honouring the original's varied rhythms and jagged lyricism. A luminous feat." --Ocean VuongA stunning new translation of the legendary Vietnamese epic poem, now for the first time in Penguin ClassicsConsidered the greatest literary achievement in Vietnamese,... Zobrazit více