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- Book Title
- CA Dao Vietnam : Vietnamese Folk Poety
- Publication Name
- Ca Dao Vietnam
- Title
- Ca Dao Vietnam
- Subtitle
- Vietnamese Folk Poety
- Contributor
- John Balaban (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1556591861
- EAN
- 9781556591860
- ISBN
- 9781556591860
- Publisher
- Copper Canyon Press
- Genre
- Poetry
- Topic
- Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Asian / General
- Release Year
- 2003
- Release Date
- 18/09/2003
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Item Length
- 8in
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 3.9 Oz
- Book Series
- Kagean Book
- Publication Year
- 2003
- Number of Pages
- 100 Pages
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During the Vietnam war, John Balaban traveled the Vietnamese countryside alone, taping, transcribing, and translating oral folk poems known as "ca dao." No one had ever done this before, and it was Balaban's belief that his project would help end the war. The young American poet walked up to farmers, fishermen, seamstresses, and monks and said, "Sing me your favorite poem," and they did. "Folk poetry is so much a part of everybody's life, my request didn't seem like such a strange proposition," Balaban writes. The resulting collection--the first in any Western -language--became a phenomenon within the American Vietnamese community, but the book slipped out of print after the original publisher folded in the '70s. This revised, bilingual edition includes new poems and an eloquent introduction explicating poetry's importance in Vietnamese culture. The Painting The stream runs clear to its stones; the fish swim in sharp outline. Girl, turn your face for me to draw. Tomorrow, if we should drift apart, I shall find you by this picture. "In early dynasties, Chinese emperors used to send out officials to record the poetry of the common people because folk songs were believed to be the truest indicators of popular feeling. . . . Consider this book such a sampling. Take it as a guide and enter this world of Taoist sages, parted lovers, melon gardens, concubines, exiled kings, wheeling egrets, rice paddies, bamboo bridges, shimmering moons, and fishtraps."--from the introduction "These oral poems are direct (though not beyond slyness), simple in language, poignant. . . . Recommended for all collections."-- Library Journal John Balaban is the author of 11 books of poetry, prose, and Vietnamese translations. His Spring Essence: The Poetry of Ho Xuan Huong , has sold 20,000 copies. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he teaches at North Carolina State University.
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Publisher
Copper Canyon Press
ISBN-10
1556591861
ISBN-13
9781556591860
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2464597
Product Key Features
Book Title
CA Dao Vietnam : Vietnamese Folk Poety
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Asian / General
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Poetry
Number of Pages
100 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
3.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Pl4378.65.E5c3 2003
Copyright Date
2003
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2003-002510
Dewey Decimal
398.2/09597
Dewey Edition
21
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