Ru (signed)

Thuy, Kim (translated from the French By Sheila Fischman)

ISBN 10: 0307359700 / ISBN 13: 9780307359704

Edité par Random House Canada, Canada, 2012

A propos de cet article

Text in English. First printing. Signed by author on title page, along with her personal 3-part stamp in red (please refer to photos). Lightly bumped at head of spine, else fine. DJ very lightly rubbed on head of spine and top of flap folds, else near fine. Winner of the 2010 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction, The Grand prix littéraire Archambault, The Prix du Grand Public Salon du Livre/La Presse, The Grand Prix Littéraire RTL-Lire (France), and The Mondello Prize for Multiculturalism (Italy). Also winner of the 2015 "Canada Reads". Protected in mylar.

N° de réf. du vendeur 004713

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Ru (signed)
• Éditeur: Random House Canada, Canada
• Date de parution: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0307359700
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780307359704
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First Thus
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Signé: Signed by Author(s)
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Biography and Autobiography
  • Canadian

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Synopsis

A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thúy'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 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. 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.

À propos de l?auteur

Born in Saigon in 1968, at the age of ten KIM THÚY 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 Chevalière de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France. Kim Thúy 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 Québec. She lives in Montreal.