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The Vietnamese city in transition by Patrick Gubry, Franck Castiglioni, Jean-Michel Cusset, Nguyen Thi Thieng, Pham Thuy Huong is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Vietnamese city in transition about?

Drawing on firsthand experience, distinguished South African writer Lauretta Ngcobo depicts the lives of rural women in South Africa, paying homage to the extraordinary courage and remarkable endurance of these unsung heroines of the struggle against apartheid.Set in the barren Sabelweini Valley in the 1950s to 1980s, the novel centers around one young woman, Jezile, whose political consciousness deepens as state laws threaten her earnings and her land. Arrested along with hundreds of others and sentenced to six months hard labor in prison, Jezile returns home to find her child dying of starvation. When her husband is arrested for stealing milk to save the child, Jezile must fight to ensure her family's survival.

Who reads The Vietnamese city in transition?

Author

Patrick Gubry, Franck Castiglioni, Jean-Michel Cusset, Nguyen Thi Thieng, Pham Thuy Huong

Publisher

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781558612129

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.78 / 5 (109 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13