The Three Fates

by Linda Lê

Book Overview

The three fates--now three Vietnamese "princesses" in France--were spirited away as little children by their powerful grandmother when Saigon fell to the communists. Now the two sisters and their cousin await the arrival of their father and uncle, still marooned in his little blue house in the old country. "Leave King Lear alone, I'd told my cousins," our principal narrator (an intellectual who has lost a hand) informs us: "They had neglected him...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811216101
• ISBN13: 9780811216104
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.9"