Slander (European Women Writers)
Slanderis the haunting tale of a Vietnamese writer living in France who fails to finds peace away from her native country and within her own family: Her egocentric mother taunts her with the news that her father is not her father at all, and then she learns that her insane and incestuous uncle in not insane at all (though he is incestuous). She masters the language of the West and uses it to keep her family at bay.  Linda Le knows the underlying thread of this novel well; she is a Vietnamese writer living in France, and her experiences have allowed her to create such an inventive yet painfully realistic work.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.