One of the Bestselling Vietnamese Novels of All Time. a Searing Love Story Set Against the Backdrop of the Vietnam War. Memories of a Pure Spring Was a Huge Bestseller When It Was Published in Vietnam in 1976 (It Was Subsequently, and Still Is, Banned There). It is Huong's Most Commercial and Engaging Novel Which Deals With the Aftermath of the War and How the Ordinary Vietnamese People Caught Up in the Conflict Can Readapt to Their Everyday Lives and Loves.