Ru

by Kim Thúy Narrated by Kim Thúy

Overview

Écrit sur un ton féminin, sensible et très original, Ru dénote un grand talent dans l'art de raconter, où le souvenir devient prétexte tantôt au jeu, tantôt au recueillement. L'ouvrage est composé de très courts textes liés un peu comme dans une ritournelle, ce qui permet de faire le pont entre tous les événements que la narratrice a connus et qu'elle relate avec beaucoup d'esprit, de finesse : sa naissance au Vietnam pendant la guerre, sa fuite avec les boat people, son accueil dans une petite ville du Québec, ses études, ses liens familiaux, sa vie amoureuse, son enfant autiste... Ru présente le récit intimiste d'une survivante, oscillant entre le tragique et le comique, entre le prosaïque et le spirituel, qui contient toute la grandeur de la vie.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Kim Thuy's writing flows like poetry - it transports and appeases. It is powerful and evocative. This first novel provides a rare feeling of bliss." - Le Figaro

"An exemplary autobiographical novel...The major events in the fall of Vietnam are painted in delicate strokes, through the daily existence of a woman who has to reinvent herself elsewhere. A tragic journey described in a keen, sensitive and perfectly understated voice." - Governor General's Literary Award jury citation

"Kim Thuy describes her journey...employing scattered memories as they flow from the conscience... rich in sense and imagery.. The title, Ru, which means "stream" in French... sets the tone of this delicate novel, where the past and present mingle, reconstructing the course of a singular life." - Le Monde

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176101898
Publisher:	Kampus Média
Publication date:	05/13/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged
Sales rank:	413,807
Language:	French

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I came into the world during the Tet Offensive, in the early days of the Year of the Monkey, when the long chains of firecrackers draped in front of houses exploded polyphonically along with the sound of machine guns.
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