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Dumb Luck: A Novel By Vu Trong Phung (Southeast Asia: Politics, Meaning, And Memory),New
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Banned In Vietnam Until 1986, Dumb Luckby The Controversial And Influential Vietnamese Writer Vu Trong Phungis A Bitter Satire Of The Rage For Modernization In Vietnam During The Late Colonial Era. First Published In Hanoi During 1936, It Follows The Absurd And Unexpected Rise Within Colonial Society Of A Streetsmart Vagabond Named Redhaired Xuan. As It Charts Xuan'S Fantastic Social Ascent, The Novel Provides A Panoramic View Of Late Colonial Urban Social Order, From The Filthy Sidewalks Of Hanoi'S Old Commercial Quarter To The Gaudy Mansions Of The Emergent Francophile Northern Upper Classes. The Transformation Of Traditional Vietnamese Class And Gender Relations Triggered By The Growth Of Colonial Capitalism Represents A Major Theme Of The Novel.Dumb Luck Is The First Translation Of A Major Work By Vu Trong Phung, Arguably The Greatest Vietnamese Writer Of The Twentieth Century. The Novel'S Clever Plot, Richly Drawn Characters And Humorous Tone And Its Preoccupation With Sex, Fashion And Capitalism Will Appeal To A Wide Audience. It Will Appeal To Students And Scholars Of Vietnam, Comparative Literature, Colonial And Postcolonial Studies, And Southeast Asian Civilization.Vu Trong Phung Died In Hanoi, In 1939 At The Age Of Twentyseven. He Is The Author Of At Least Eight Novels, Seven Plays, And Several Other Works Of Fiction In Addition To Dumb Luck.Peter Zinoman Is Associate Professor Of Southeast Asian History, University Of California, Berkeley. Nguyen Nguyet Cam Is Vietnamese Language Instructor, University Of California, Berkeley.
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