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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Wandering Ballad of Cụ Mén: Vol 3

The Wandering Ballad of Cụ Mén: Vol 3

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General Poetry

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ISBN13: 9798170700035
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.20 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
An old farmer. A beloved homeland. A final journey through memory, Hà Nội, Tết and the enduring soul of Vietnam.

The Wandering Ballad of Cụ Mén, Vol 3 brings the modern Vietnamese folk epic to a tender and reflective close. After long journeys across fields, rivers, mountains, forests and remote villages, Cụ Mén turns toward Hà Nội, homeland, family, memory and the quiet happiness of old age.

In this third volume, Cụ Mén and his disciple visit the living heart of the capital, where West Lake, ancient shrines, historic landmarks and the flavors of Hà Nội carry the memory of a nation. They learn to preserve the past, welcome the modern world and understand that true progress must remain rooted in culture, gratitude and love of home.

The poems then return to Cụ Mén's own village, where Tết arrives with chung cakes, firewood, sweet potatoes, rice wine, firecrackers, spring flowers, family laughter and the warmth of ordinary life. In his garden of bananas and butterflies, beside old trees and familiar paths, Cụ Mén becomes not only a wanderer, but a living memory of the land itself.

At once rustic and lyrical, humorous and humane, intimate and national in spirit, Vol 3 celebrates the beauty of returning home. It is a book about age without bitterness, memory without regret, and a homeland renewed by the quiet wisdom of those who have loved, labored, served and endured.

Cụ Mén does not end his journey in silence. He leaves behind a song of gratitude for the land, for the people, for the village, for Việt Nam.

A modern Vietnamese folk epic of Hà Nội, Tết, homecoming, memory and the enduring soul of Vietnam.

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