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100 1 $aMa, Văn Kháng.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84022318
240 10 $aNgược dòng nước lũ.$lEnglish$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00048327
245 10 $aAgainst the flood /$cby Ma Van Khang ; translated and adapted by Phan Thanh Hao and Wayne Karlin ; with an afterword by Wayne Karlin.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aWillimantic, CT :$bCurbstone Press,$c2000.
300 $a309 pages ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aVoices from Vietnam ;$v3
520 1 $a"Against the Flood caused a sensation in Viet Nam when it was published in 1999 because of its controversial description of sex and politics in that country. The plot revolves around a writer, Khiem, whose book is banned and who is publicly censured by his contemporaries, while the tangled relationships in his own circle involve drug-trafficking and adultery. His lover, a pretty and intelligent woman, is slandered and sacked from her job.
520 8 $aShe leaves Hanoi and becomes involved in opium traffic in an attempt to investigate it, but is arrested before she can report the activities to the police. His wife, a smuggler, has an extramarital affair and dies during an abortion. Khiem and his lover are finally reunited after a long separation.
520 8 $aThe novel presents a vivid picture of contemporary Vietnamese society, examining the dramatic tensions inherent in a changing society, and is imbued with the themes of friendship, love, and betrayal."--BOOK JACKET.
830 0 $aVoices from Vietnam ;$v#3.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98044095
852 00 $bglx$hPL4378.9.M25$iN4813 2000