Against the flood
By: by Ma Van Khang ; translated and adapted by Phan Thanh Hao and Wayne Karlin ; with an afterword by Wayne Karlin
Edition: 1st ed
Series: Voices from Viet Nam -- #3; Voices from Vietnam -- 3
Publisher: Curbstone Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Willimantic, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Authors -- Fiction; Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Adultery -- Fiction; Vietnam -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Ngưòơc dòng nưâơc lũ.
Description: "Against the Flood caused a sensation in Viet Nam when it was published in 1999 because of its controversial description of sex and politics in that country. The plot revolves around a writer, Khiem, whose book is banned and who is publicly censured by his contemporaries, while the tangled relationships in his own circle involve drug-trafficking and adultery. His lover, a pretty and intelligent woman, is slandered and sacked from her job.

She leaves Hanoi and becomes involved in opium traffic in an attempt to investigate it, but is arrested before she can report the activities to the police. His wife, a smuggler, has an extramarital affair and dies during an abortion. Khiem and his lover are finally reunited after a long separation.

The novel presents a vivid picture of contemporary Vietnamese society, examining the dramatic tensions inherent in a changing society, and is imbued with the themes of friendship, love, and betrayal."--BOOK JACKET.