Making a Whore
The novel follows the life of Huyền, a young woman born into Hà Nội’s upper-class, whose innocent interest in her mother’s pregnancy is kept at arm’s length: “You’ll find out when you get married”, so they say. Lacking sexual education from her family, Huyền turns to her peers for answers, opening up a world of childish whispers about physical pleasure.
As polite society demands Huyền to remain virtuous, she enters into adulthood with both the will to know and the will to suppress a young woman’s burning physical desires. The torments of her sexual frustration spiral Huyền into a life of debauchery, one she might not ever want to turn back from.
| Weight | 0.300000 |
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| ISBN13/Barcode | 9781917233026 |
| ISBN10 | 1917233027 |
| Author | Vu Trong Phung |
| Binding | Paperback |
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| Date Published | 31st January 2025 |
| Report Date | 2025/01/31 |
| Pages | 230 |
| Publisher | Major Books |
by Vũ Trọng Phụng
Translated by Đinh Ngọc Mai
Edited by Dương Mạnh Hùng and Alina Martin
The novel follows the life of Huyền, a young woman born into Hà Nội’s upper-class, whose innocent interest in her mother’s pregnancy is kept at arm’s length: “You’ll find out when you get married”, so they say. Lacking sexual education from her family, Huyền turns to her peers for answers, opening up a world of childish whispers about physical pleasure.
As polite society demands Huyền to remain virtuous, she enters into adulthood with both the will to know and the will to suppress a young woman’s burning physical desires. The torments of her sexual frustration spiral Huyền into a life of debauchery, one she might not ever want to turn back from.