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Chargement... Wild Mustard: New Voices from Vietnampar Charles Waugh
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Wild Mustard, an anthology of prizewinning short fiction by contemporary Vietnamese writers, throws into relief the transformations of self and place that followed Vietnam's turn toward a market economy. In just three decades, since the 1986 policy known as doi moi (renovation) ended collectivization and integrated Vietnam into world markets, the country has transformed from one of the poorest and most isolated on earth into a dynamic global economy. The nineteen stories in this volume capture the kaleidoscopic experiences of Vietnam's youth, navigating between home and newly expanded horizons, as they seek new opportunities through migration, education, and integration not only into their nation but into the world. In the tradition of the "Under 40" collections popularized by magazines such as the New Yorker and Granta, but with greater stakes and greater differences between the previous generation of writers and this new one, Wild Mustard seeks to change how North American readers think of Vietnam. Escaping the common fixation on the Vietnam War and its aftermath, these stories reflect the movement and dynamism of the young Vietnamese who locate themselves amid the transnational encounters and proliferating identities of a global economy. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Vietnam is a strange land for most Americans. Although the American involvement in the war ended nearly half a century ago, we still seem bitter and likewise ignorant of the country. American's learn about Vietnam from Hollywood -- Full Metal Jacket and Hamburger Hill. We see documentaries of impoverished peasants pushing bicycles loaded with supplies down the Ho Chi Minh Trail. We see a country bombed into the Stone Age. For those of us alive when the war was fought we remember gold star banners in windows. We also remember the older kids on the street going away. We remember that we were fighting communism, the Domino Theory, and trying to save a people.
What the Vietnamese remember is fighting for freedom. Ho Chi Minh was at Versailles after WWI with a petition for Vietnamese independence from France. He wanted a liberal democracy and was completely ignored. They wanted freedom from the French, then fell to the Japanese, and back to the French again after WWII. When France left the country was divided and America took up for the French. When fighting for independence a country looks for who will help and accepts that help as a lesser evil. The Soviets were willing to help.
What Wild Mustard brings about is a personal history of Vietnam by younger writers. Although it is fiction, it is meant to show present day Vietnam from the perspective of the people living there now. There is a mixture of old and new in the stories and little of it has to do with communism. There are the old traditions and the newly liberalized economy. Ancestor worship and respect for grandparents meets the want to be yuppie youth. The middle-aged are proud to own their means to make a living -- like a truck to haul produce to the various markets for farmers. Or even owning land after collectivization fell creates a new sense of worth. Vietnam shows itself ready to be the next Pacific tiger. Rather than closing up like North Korea, Vietnam has opened and grown. The stories are not like the stories from Soviet authors about gulags, cabbage soups, or the secret police. There is vibrant color in Vietnam compared to the gray of the Soviet Union. That is not to say that everything is wonderful in Vietnam, but there is real hope for many. A great collection of enlightening stories by the youth of Vietnam