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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670023752
ISBN-139780670023752
eBay Product ID (ePID)111002037
Product Key Features
Original LanguageVietnamese
Book TitleZenith
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicLinguistics / General, Historical
Publication Year2012
GenreLanguage Arts & Disciplines, Fiction
AuthorDuong Thu Huong
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight28.1 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2011-046011
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal895.9/22334
SynopsisA major new novel from the most important Vietnamese author writing today Duong Thu Huong has won acclaim for her exceptional lyricism and psychological acumen, as well as for her unflinching portraits of modern Vietnam and its culture and people. In this monumental new novel she offers an intimate, imagined account of the final months in the life of President Ho Chi Minh at an isolated mountaintop compound where he is imprisoned both physically and emotionally, weaving his story in with those of his wife's brother-in-law, an elder in a small village town, and a close friend and political ally, to explore how we reconcile the struggles of the human heart with the external world. These narratives portray the thirst for absolute power, both political and otherwise, and the tragic consequences on family, community, and nationhood that can occur when jealousy is coupled with greed or mixed with a lust for power. The Zenith illuminates and captures the moral conscience of Vietnamese leaders in the 1950s and 1960s as no other book ever has, as well as bringing out the souls of ordinary Vietnamese living through those tumultuous times.
LC Classification NumberPL4378.9.D759D5613
