{"product_id":"making-a-whore-lam-di-vu-trọng-phụng-english-edition","title":"Making a Whore (Làm Đĩ) - Vũ Trọng Phụng - English Translated Edition Book","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the highly controversial writer, reporter, and satirist Vũ Trọng Phụng, Making a Whore is an exposé of the so-called progressive 'Westernised' ideals of sexuality in 1930s colonial Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel follows the life of Huyền, a young woman born into Hà Nội’s upper-class, whose innocent interest in her mother’s pregnancy is casually dismissed: ‘You’ll find out when you get married’. Lacking sexual education from her family, Huyền turns to her peers for answers, opening up a world of childish whispers about physical pleasure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs polite society demands Huyền to remain virtuous, she enters into adulthood with both the will to know and the will to suppress a young woman’s burning physical desires. The torments of her sexual frustration spiral Huyền into a life of debauchery; one she might not ever want to turn back from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A classic work of Vietnamese literature. Heartshattering, thought-provoking and unforgettable.’ —Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, author of Dust Child\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Making a Whore is an immediate and sharply observed modernist text. While Vũ Trọng Phụng’s prolific yet short-lived output of work was once considered obscene and outrageous, Making a Whore is an absolutely vital text that looks to the future by questioning the teachings of governance; the failings of the health, marriage and education systems, and how society shames young women and curious minds. Not only that, it is also a heartfelt treatise on a person’s capacity for love and desire, and the systems in place that restrict them.’ —Joshua Jones, author of Local Fires\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viet BookStore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53478798098705,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/3374\/7985\/files\/1742325008-900.jpg?v=1777498861","url":"https:\/\/vietbookstore.com\/products\/making-a-whore-lam-di-vu-tr%e1%bb%8dng-ph%e1%bb%a5ng-english-edition","provider":"Viet BookStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}