Book
Ru / Kim Thúy ; translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307359704 (hc) :
- Physical Description: 141 p. ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Random House Canada, 2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in French: Montréal : Libre expression, c2009. |
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| Subject: | Thúy, Kim > Fiction. Refugees > Vietnam > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Bildungsromans. |
- Baker & Taylor
A refugee of the Vietnam War seeks a new life in Quebec, but sees new challenges when her younger son is diagnosed with autism. - Random House, Inc.
A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thúy's Governor General's Literary Award-winningRu is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland.
Ru. In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy'sRu 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 sons, 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.
