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Lädt ... Mother's Beloved: Stories from Laosvon Outhine Bounyavong
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Outhine Bounyavong is one of the most prominent contemporary writers in Laos. His stories are animated with Laotian virtues of simplicity, compassion, respect for age, and other village mores; they breathe with a gentleness that is fresh and distinctive. Outhine is interested in his own memories, in how to behave with compassion, and in the chain of life among men and women that reaches into the earth. Rather than writing through an ideological lens, Outhine focuses on the passions and foibles of ordinary people. Their good luck, disappointments, and plain but poignant conversations reveal the subtle textures of Lao culture. The tragedy of war and the threat of environmental degradation are themes woven into his stories. This book presents fourteen of Outhine Bounyavong's short stories in English translation alongside the Lao originals, marking his formal debut for an American audience. It is also the first collection of Lao short stories to be published in the English language. Peter Koret's Introduction explores the history of modern Lao literature and considers Outhine's writing within this broader context. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)895.91913Literature Literature of other languages Asian (east and south east) languages Other south east Asian languages Thai and other Tai languages Other Tai languages Lao (Laos) Lao fictionKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (3.35)
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171 pages (of which 88 read in English, the rest in Lao)
The author's name also appears transliterated on the Cataloging-in-Publication data as Uthin Bunnyāvong.
This bilingual collection of short stories by Outhine Bounyavon is the first to be published in English. The stories, as well as Peter Koret's helpful introductory essay, "Contemporary Lao Literature," are presented in bilingual Lao/U.S. English facing pages. Since the essay describes what happens in several of the stories, leave it for after reading the collection.
Outhine's stories are likely to strike the Western reader as slightly alien in structure. Their linguistic style can't really be assessed; the translation, at least, is a little clunky. The stories tend toward moral themes such as the rightness of respect, kindness, and honesty. They are not particularly nuanced. This collection gives the reader a good sense of how s/he might structure a story to tell to a Laotian listener. My favorite, "Father's Friend," is, perhaps, about both compassion and seeing the world differently. Many of the stories, though I don't disagree with their morals, are somewhat soppy; again, this may convey some cultural information.
Having read this collection, I would be interested to read something like Bounsang Khamkeo's [b:I Little Slave A Prison Memoir from Communist Laos|598750|I Little Slave A Prison Memoir from Communist Laos|Bounsang Khamkeo|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1347236461s/598750.jpg|585373] to broaden my understanding of the author's, and stories', context.
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