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Format: Paperback
Library Classification: Adult Fiction
BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
Audience: General/trade
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Imprint: The Clerkenwell Press
Publication Date: 1/06/2012
Place of Publication: United Kingdom

RRP: $19.99
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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.

"'This is an exemplary autobiographical novel. Never is there the slightest hint of narcissism or self pity. 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)"

Title: Ru
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Contributors: By (author) L.P. Thuy-Kim

ISBN 13: 9781846685484
ISBN 10: 1846685486

Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Imprint: The Clerkenwell Press
Publication Date: 1/06/2012
Place of Publication: London, United Kingdom
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BIC Subjects: General & literary fiction
Dewey Classification: 813.6 (DC23)
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm