Download or read book Ca Dao Việt Nam written by John Balaban and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents nearly fifty short Vietnamese lyrical poems known as "ca dao," collected from villagers near the end of the Vietnam War by American poet and translator John Balaban, and includes an introduction on the genre's origins, singers, language, and prosody. Presented in English and Vietnamese.