Ru: a novel
(Book)
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Fischman, Sheila, translator.
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More Details
Published:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc:
141 pages ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781608198986, 1608198987, 9781608198986, 1608198987
UPC:
9781608198986
Notes
General Note
Includes reading group guide.
General Note
"Originally published in French in Canada as Ru by Éditions Libre Éxpression, Montreal, in 2009"--Title page verso.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
Follows the immigration experience of a young Vietnamese girl who comes of age in a hardscrabble Quebec community before earning an education and pursuing a career and her literary ambitions, in a story constructed as a series of short vignettes.
Description
A book of rare beauty: Ru is a lullaby of 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, and money. Kim Thuy'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.
Language
Translated from the French.
Awards
Winner of the Governor General's Literary Award, 2012.
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Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Thúy, K., & Fischman, S. (2012). Ru: a novel. First U.S. edition. Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Thúy, Kim and Sheila, Fischman. 2012. Ru: A Novel. Bloomsbury.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Thúy, Kim and Sheila, Fischman, Ru: A Novel. Bloomsbury, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Thúy, Kim and Sheila Fischman. Ru: A Novel. First U.S. edition. Bloomsbury, 2012.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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| 500 | |a "Originally published in French in Canada as Ru by Éditions Libre Éxpression, Montreal, in 2009"--Title page verso. | ||
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