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Mark Polizzotti (trans) and
Linda Le
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
New Directions
Publication date
June 29, 2010
Pages
170
Binding
Paperback
Edition
1
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780811216104
ISBN-10
0811216101
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight
0.42 lbs.
Original list price
$15.95
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Summaries and Reviews
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An intensely lively and piquant novel about a Vietnamese family, The Three Fates concerns rivalries and jealousies, strange motives and destructive passions.
The three fatesânow three Vietnamese âprincessesâ in Franceâwere spirited away as little children by their powerful grandmother when Saigon fell to the communists. Now the two sisters and their cousin await the arrival of their father and uncle, still marooned in his little blue house in the old country. âLeave King Lear alone, Iâd told my cousins,â our principal narrator (an intellectual who has lost a hand) informs us: âThey had neglected him for twenty years and now they were conspiring like a pair of Cordelias to bestow one last joy on the old monarch: he hadnât asked for it.â From a luxurious home in the French countryside, his two daughters (the elder, very pregnant and restlessly cooking and eating, kept company by her long-legged and icy younger sister) plot to drag their father halfway around the world â away from his poverty and from his only friend and the grilled eels they happily devour together â to flaunt their success. Scathingly unsentimental, The Three Fates transposes Shakespearean tragedy into a contemporary idiom and a decidedly different culture. A sharply vivacious book about âthe bitch of fate,â The Three Fatesâlike a witchesâ pot on the boilâbrews up from displaced lives a darkly funny and agitated concatenation.Editions
Paperback
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With Linda Le |
1 edition from New Directions (June 29, 2010)
9780811216104 | details & prices | 170 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.42 lbs | List price $15.95
About: An intensely lively and piquant novel about a Vietnamese family, The Three Fates concerns rivalries and jealousies, strange motives and destructive passions.
About: An intensely lively and piquant novel about a Vietnamese family, The Three Fates concerns rivalries and jealousies, strange motives and destructive passions.
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