Ru is a novel by Vietnamese-born Canadian novelist Kim Thúy, first published in French in 2009 by Montreal publisher Libre Expression. It was translated into English in 2012 by Sheila …

Ru tells the poignant story of Kim Thúy, who fled Vietnam as a child. The book recalls her journey from a life of privilege in Saigon to refugee camps and a new life in Canada. Through vivid …

2009年10月1日 · 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 …

越南作家Kim Thúy的处女作，也是一部自传体小说。 书名>Ru< 在法语中是小溪，涓涓细流；在越南语是摇篮曲的意思。 主角阮安净出生在西贡一个上层中产阶级家庭，童年富足而优越。 10 …

2012年11月27日 · At ten years old, Kim Thúy fled Vietnam on a boat with her family, leaving behind a grand house and the many less tangible riches of their home country: the ponds of …

Ru Kim I KNOW WHAT I’VE DONE, 2024 Of Civilization Of the Land Of the Waters I KNOW WHAT I’VE DONE Let it be according to your words For if the question concerns the Land We …

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. Written with piercing clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, Ru carries …

Ru is the first Vietnamese Canadian novel; as such, it explores in a rather short narrative a vast array of themes associated to immigration, such as identity, memory, language, motherhood …

2022年12月9日 · A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thuy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning RU is a lullaby for Vietnam …