Quê Mẹ 119-120

Table of Contents

• Raising Politics to the level of Art Võ Văn Ái
• The poetry of Cao Ba Quat, timeless poems of a rebellious soul Thi Vũ
• Origins of the Han Thuc New Year’s Festival
• New Year’s offerings at the Pagoda (photo) Võ An Ninh
• Monkey tales for the Year of the Monkey: Legend of the monkey :
  – The white ape
  – Tricking monkeys with monkey tricks
  – Mother and child’s love in the monkey world Quê Mẹ
• Chronology of Vietnamese civilization (14) Thượng Đăng
• Vietnam in 1991: a period of prolonged stagnation Nguyễn Nam Phong
• Events that shook the world in 1991 Phan Thế
• Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam launches Appeal for Unity to Vietnamese Buddhists abroad Nguyên Thái
• Excommunicated – An Intellectual on Trial (Hanoi 1954-91) – extracts from autobiography sent from Vietnam Nguyễn Mạnh Tường
• Poems: Hóa thân :
  – Niết Bàn
  – Bão rởt
  – Thư Xuân về Pha Long Thi Vũ
• Nguyen Chi Thiên, Doan Quôc Sy and Duong Thu Huong released – Quê Me thanks supporters of its campaign VCHR
• Two unpublished poems by Nguyen Chi Thién written during his incarceration: in “Hanoi Hilton” (Hoa Lo) prison Nguyễn Chí Thiện
• The “Democratic Forum”: a political programme, a new solution for Vietnam Forum for Democracy
• Court case over publishing rights: machinations by Nguyên Ngoc Giao-Phan Huy Duong’s communist group Doan Ket/Dien Dan against Quê Me Phạm Hồng
• Poems: Còn du dương tiếng ru của đại bác :
  – Anh em nói nhỏ với nhau Cẩm Lệ Giang
• Hanoi wages a “cultural” counterattack against overseas Vietnamese Nguyễn Kiến Đức
• Satirical poems from Saigon criticising the nomenklatura Lê Kiểu
• Comments and translation of “Hoang Hac Lâu”, the famous Chinese poem by Thôi Hieu Đoàn Đức Nhân
• Poem: Mưa đêm Lưu Hy Lạc
• Black wine and red coffee Phạm Công Thiện
• Jumping apes and flying horses Ỷ Lan Penelope Faulkner
• Looking for monkeys (short story) Ái Anh
• Poem: Sự thật vẫn nồng nàn Trần Hoài Thư
• Architecture and Man: Gothic or Victorian Renaissance in 19th Century England and America (1) Nguyễn Quỳnh
• The Red Stone: Laments of blind Street singers and report on ruby minng in Nghe Tình province Nguyễn Duy
• Poems: Viết :
  – Gưi Người về Lê Nguyễn
• From the song “My beloved country” by Anatoly Deyeter to the poem “Dreaming of the Soviet Union” by Van Cao Xuân Vũ
• Those unforgettable days (reminiscences of a teacher in post ’75 Saigon) Nguyên Hạnh
• Poem: Mừng Nguyễn Chí Thiện và Võ Đại Tôn Phạm Hải Hồ
• Poem: Xuống đường Phan Thế Nghiệp
• The legacy of French in the Vietnamese language Hoàng Xá
• Poem: Chuyến tàu đêm Nguyễn Bính
• The Art of the Bonzai and the Beauty of the East Vữ Ký
• Readers’ letters Trần Phúc Châu
• Letter to Y Lan Trương Ngọc Tích
• Letter to Y Lan Thái Văn Kiểm (Hương Giang)
• Catalogue of books for 1992 Cơ sở xuất bản Fùnam