{"product_id":"memories-of-a-pure-spring-9780140298437","title":"Memories of a Pure Spring","description":"\u003cb\u003eMemories of a Pure Spring\u003c\/b\u003e is a mesmerizing portrait of modern Vietnam and its people who struggle to survive under the complexities of a post-war regime. During the Vietnam war, Hung, a well-known composer, becomes enchanted by the voice and beauty of a young peasant girl named Suong. He invites her to join his troupe; she becomes his wife and his star performer. But after the war, Hung loses his job, setting off a series of events that drive him and Suong into a destructive spiral. One of Vietnam's most popular writers, \u003cb\u003eDuong Thu Huong\u003c\/b\u003e draws on her own experiences to describe life at the battlefront, the conditions of a \"re-education\" camp, and the texture and rhythm, scents and sounds, of a provincial Vietnamese city. Most of all, she tells a haunting, universal story of failed love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140298437\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.78h x 5.12w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/14\/2001 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duong Thu Huong, Nina McPherson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45351253541045,"sku":"9780140298437","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4d1bfd1e-71a9-4318-a380-308846fccc3b.jpg?v=1746540860","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/memories-of-a-pure-spring-9780140298437","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}