The book is signed by Kim Thuy on the full title page. The book is near fine with slight edge wear in a near fine dust jacket with slight edge wear. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item.

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Titre

�diteur

Random House Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date de parution

2012

Langue

anglais

ISBN � 10 chiffres

0307359700

ISBN � 13 chiffres

9780307359704

Reliure

Hardcover

�dition

1st Edition

�tat de l'article

Near Fine

�tat de la jaquette

Near Fine

Sign�

Signed by Author(s)

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Fiction

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A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Th�y's Governor General's Literary Award-winning Ru 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 Th�y'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 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.

� propos de l?auteur

Born in Saigon in 1968, at the age of ten KIM TH�Y fled Vietnam with the boat people and settled in Quebec with her family. In addition to becoming a writer, she has earned degrees in translation and law and has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, and restaurant owner. Her books have been published around the world, and an acclaimed film based on Ru premiered in 2023. She has received many awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Award. In 2023 she was awarded the title of Chevali�re de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. Kim Th�y lives in the Greater Montreal area and devotes herself to writing.

SHEILA FISCHMAN is the award-winning translator of some 200 contemporary novels from Quebec. In 2008 she was awarded the Molson Prize in the Arts. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and a chevalier of the Ordre national du Qu�bec. She lives in Montreal.

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