Product Description: In 3,254 verses, written in luc bat ("six-eight") meter, the poem recounts the life, trials and tribulations of Thuy Kieu, a beautiful and talented young woman, who has to sacrifice herself to save her family. To save her father and younger brother from prison, she sells herself into marriage with a middle-aged man, not knowing that he is a pimp, and is forced into prostitution...read more

Product Description: A prose translation of Vietnam's national epic. Kieu, as the work is generally known, is the tale of filial obligation, love, betrayal, war and redemption. A young girl, gifted in the arts of music and poetry, falls in love with a poor scholar...read more