Introduction: Vũ Trọng Phụng's The industry of marrying Europeans : a satirical narrative / Thúy Tranviet -- The industry of marrying Europeans: Head and ear ; The matrimonial war ; You don't consider me as your husband anymore? ; Wind [blows], leaf [rustles], bird on branch [flies off] ; To want or not to want : Suzanne's dilemma ; The love letters ; Who wants to become a lion? ; Sơn Tinh, the mountain god and Thuưy Tinh, the water god ; Monopoly ideology ; Conclusion / Vũ Trọng Phụng ; [translated by Thúy Tranviet] -- References
Summary
"This work by Vu Trong Phung, written in the 1930s, reports and expands on the author's meetings with North Vietnamese women who had made an "industry" of marrying European men. The Industry of Marrying Europeans is notable for its sharp observations, pointed humor, and unconventional mix of nonfictional and fictional narration, as well as its attention to voice: Vu Trong Phung records the French-Vietnamese pidgin dialect spoken by these couples. This prolific writer died at age twenty-seven, leaving behind one of the most impressive bodies of work in modern Vietnamese literature."--Amazon.com
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 63-66)
Notes
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