GENERAL INFORMATION
The most comprehensive introduction available to Vietnamese culture
and history
Covers Vietnamese literature, music,
theatre and art, and the traditions and customes of Vietnam’s many
ethnic groups
The author is a famous Vietnamese
author, essayist and journalist of many years’ standing
This comprehensive introduction to Vietnamese culture
and history provides a context for the individual traits explored by the
author, which include Vietnamese literature, music, theatre and art, and
the traditions and customes of Vietnam’s many ethnic groups. Scholars,
researchers and writers will enjoy this highly readable cornucopia and
unique resource on Vietnamese culture.
‘Despite Vietnam having been turned upside down in
the past decades - often by outsiders - Huu Ngoc convinces the reader that
there is a cultural uniqueness in a country of 80 million people that will
never disappear.’
Don Pathan, Bangkok
‘Reading this book is like being taken by the hand
and gently guided through the garden of knowledge by a friend who knows
the way. Huu Ngoc knows where the flower of wisdom blossoms and where it
bears fruit.’
Bodil Malmsteen, Stockholm