Ru
Nominiert: Scotiabank Giller Prize 2012.Nominiert: Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction 2012.Nominiert: Man Asian Literary Prize 2013.Nominiert: Amazon.Ca First Novel Award 2013.Nominiert: IMPAC
(Sprache: Englisch)
A book of rare beauty: Ru is a lullaby of Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. Was Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.
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A book of rare beauty: Ru is a lullaby of Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland. Was Radio 4 Book at Bedtime.
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Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new life in Quebec. There, the young girl feels the embrace of a new community, and revels in the chance to be part of the American Dream.
As an adult, the waters become rough again: now a mother of two, she must learn to shape her love around the younger boy's autism. Moving seamlessly from past to present, from history to memory and back again, Ru is a book that celebrates life in all its wonder: its moments of beauty and sensuality, brutality and sorrow, comfort and comedy.
Autoren-Porträt von Kim Thúy
im Thúy has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer and restaurant owner. In 2010 Thúy won the Governor General's Award for French language fiction. She lives in Montreal, where she devotes herself to writing.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Kim Thúy
- 2012, Main, 160 Seiten, Maße: 12,6 x 19,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzung: Fischman, Sheila
- Verlag: Profile Books
- ISBN-10: 1846685486
- ISBN-13: 9781846685484
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.05.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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"'This is an exemplary autobiographical novel. Never is there the slightest hint of narcissism or self pity. The major events in the fall of Vietnam are painted in delicate strokes, through the daily existence of a woman who has to reinvent herself elsewhere. A tragic journey described in a keen, sensitive and perfectly understated voice.' (Governor General's Literary Award jury citation)"
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