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Dumb Luck (novel)
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'Dumb Luck' ('S ') is a 1936 novel by the famous Vietnamese novelist, V Trng Phng. The novel served as an contemporary critique on the Vietnamese late colonial society by the means of satirizing the rising bourgeoisie. The main character of the story, Red-haired Xun, himself was a part of the lower class of society, was able to work his way up through the social ladder, quickly associating with the upper class connections and individuals through cunning works; all thanks to the, then popular, Westernization social movement among the Hanoian petite bourgeoisie class in the 1920s. A movement which was portrayed as immoral and stand in stark contrast to existing Vietnamese moral foundations by V Trng Phng.
S , among many other works of V Trng Phng was banned by the Vietnamese Communist Party, first in North Vietnam from 1960 to 1975, then throughout the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam until 1986,Zinoman, Peter. "V Trng Phng's 'Dumb Luck' and the nature of Vietnamese modernism." Introduction to 'Dumb Luck.' V Trng Phng. Translated by Nguyen Nguyet Cam and Peter Zinoman. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2002. . due to the author's realistic description of sexual content which was considered unsuitable.
Until now, the book "Dumb Luck" was re-published in Vietnam. At the same time, an abridged version is also included in the literature curriculum for Vietnamese high schools.
Due to the complexities of the plot and the nature of the novel; Most, if not all of the main characters of this novel are antagonists.
An English translation was published by the University of Michigan Press in 2002.
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