L'Harmattan 1984. Softback in good overall condition - some light marking to covers and creasing to edges of covers. Signature and dedication on title page which may be from author. 121 pages. French text. Flowers that perfume village paths and women's long hair. Sacred flowers of pagodas. Flowers from all over Vietnam... Flowers symbolize these women's poems, which Huú Ngoc and Françoise Corrèze, shaking up the chronology, have picked for you. Poems from the 11th century to the present day, like the thousand facets of Vietnamese culture, evolving with the history of the country where Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and popular culture blend; discreet or enthusiastic poems that sing of nostalgia for ruins, regrets for a lost love, the seasons, or the passing of time. And, bursting forth from among them, like a firework, the voice of Hô Xuân Huong, "enfant terrible" of the 18th century, praised by some, disowned by others. Ho Xuan Huong, who breaks rules and habits, denounces ignorant