Lam Tuyen Tinh, translated and annotated by Honda Mamoru. LangBiang no jiseki: Betonamu Chubu shosuminzoku no kodensho [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII].(Legends from the LangBiang Highlands: Folklores of minority groups in Central Vietnam)(Book review)

Asian Folklore Studies, October, 2006 by Phong, Nguen Anh

LAM TUYEN TINH, translated and annotated by Honda Mamoru. LangBiang no jiseki: Betonamu Chubu shosfiminzoku no kodensho [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] [Legends from the LangBiang Highlands: Folklores of minority groups in Central Vietnam]. Kawasaki, Japan: Terra Incognita, 2000. 294 pages. Translator's bibliography, color plates. Paper [yen]2,600; ISBN 4-925108-24-7. (In Japanese).

First published in Vietnamese in 1986 then translated into Japanese and issued in paperback in 2000, Lam Tuyen Tinh's Legends from LangBiang Highlands is a valuable collection of stories told by minority peoples living in mountainous areas around Dalat, a beautiful city well known in Vietnam for its French style and year-round cool weather. This collection contributes to the study...

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