Author: THUY, KIM [KIM THÛY LY THANH]
Title: Ru
Description: Toronto, Vintage Canada. 2015, Reprint. (ISBN: 9780345816146) Soft cover. Book, 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. Written with piercing clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, Ru carries us along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to a new beginning in Quebec.French text translated into English by Sheila Fischman. 141p. Fine. Fine.

Keywords: 9780345816146 Fiction Vietnam Refugees Canada Vietnamese Canadian Writers