The novel's title, Ru, has meaning in both Kim's native and adoptive languages: in Vietnamese, ru is a lullaby; in French, a stream. And it provides the perfect name for this slim yet potent novel. The novel's title, Ru, has meaning in both Kim's native and adoptive languages: in Vietnamese, ru is a lullaby; in French, a stream. And it provides the perfect name for this slim yet potent novel. With prose that soothes and sings, Ru weaves through time, flows and transports: a river of sensuous memories gathering power. It's a classic immigrant story told in a breathtaking new www.doorway.ru: · Kim Thúy’s autobiographical debut novel, Ru, describes a life-changing voyage from a childhood in strife-filled postwar Vietnam to a new beginning in s Quebec. Unflinching in content and Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.
Kim Thuy talks about writing Ru and her memories of an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee cam. - Ru, Kim Thúy, p. 40 () The book is full of gathered wisdom. In one chapter she describes an old phrase her grandmother used to write in Vietnamese, which translates to:"Life is a struggle in which sorrow leads to defeat."Since emigrating her story has been one of success. Kim Thuy based her award-winning novel Ru on her own experiences as a refugee from war-torn Vietnam. She says the word "ru" has a poetic double meaning: In archaic French, it means a rill or.
Ru is a novel by a Vietnamese-born Canadian novelist Kim Thúy, first published in French in by Montreal publisher Libre Expression. It was translated into English in by Sheila Fischman and published by Vintage Canada. Ru collects short fictional reminiscences by Kim Thuy, who was born in Saigon, survived the war, and emigrated to Quebec in The pieces are loosely connected, and this or so page book is moving and lyrical. The novel's title, Ru, has meaning in both Kim's native and adoptive languages: in Vietnamese, ru is a lullaby; in French, a stream. And it provides the perfect name for this slim yet potent novel.
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