Through the story of Suong, a celebrated singer, and Hung, her composer husband, Memories of a Pure Spring paints an intimate portrait of modern Vietnam and its citizens as they struggle to survive under the complexities of the post-war regime. At the same time it tells a simple, universal story of love that is both haunting and riveting.
`Huong takes us on an emotionally intense and exceedingly intelligent journey’ New York Times
`Huong, a brilliant storyteller, skillfully illuminates the human spirit’s capacity for brutality and compassion, betrayal and beauty in each elegantly drawn and poignantly powerful scene in this complex and timeless novel’ Booklist
- ISBN10 0330481827
- ISBN13 9780330481823
- Publish Date 6 April 2001
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 August 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Picador
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English