Ru

Ru

Kim Thúy2010
Une femme voyage à travers le désordre des souvenirs : l'enfance dans sa cage d'or à Saigon, l'arrivée du communisme dans le Sud-Vietnam apeuré, la fuite dans le ventre d'un bateau au large du golfe de Siam, l'internement dans un camp de réfugiés en Malaisie, les premiers frissons dans le froid du Québec. Récit entre la guerre et la paix, Ru dit le vide et le trop-plein, l'égarement et la beauté. De ce tumulte, des incidents tragi-comiques, des objets ordinaires émergent comme autant de repères d'un parcours. En évoquant un bracelet en acrylique rempli de diamants, des bols bleus cerclés d'argent ou la puissance d'une odeur d'assouplissant, Kim Thúy restitue le Vietnam d'hier et d'aujourd'hui avec la maîtrise d'un grand écrivain.
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Ryan Mateyk@the_rybrary
5 stars
Jul 4, 2024

ab fab (absolutely fabulous) such beautiful writing and kudos to sheila fischman for such a delicate translation.

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High Fidelity@highfidelity
1 star
Sep 19, 2022

Zaista vrlo sirov opis izbeglista.

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Fraser Simons@frasersimons
4 stars
Jun 9, 2022

While not quite as refined as EM, I really liked this. Her style, with poetic vignettes evoke vivid imagery and scenes. It feels like it is more of a nonfiction than nonfiction sometimes, rarely conjuring direct quotes and continuity, instead focusing on those memories that are particularly ensconced, and conform to the theme of family and culture in Vietnam, though fictionalized, presumably informed by the author’s early life.

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Irem@merixien
3 stars
Mar 10, 2022

Kitap bir romandan ziyade 10 yaşında komünizmim yükselişi sırasında Vietnam’dan kaçıp Kanada’ya sığınan ve bu noktadan sonra hayatının hangi evrelerden geçtiğimi küçük -bazen yarım sayfa bazen ise 1,5 sayfalık notlar ile anlatmasından ibaret. Aslında çok güzel ve etkileyici ilerlerken sona yaklaştıkça konu çok daha kişisel hayata dönüyor. Vietnam’dan aile tarihine yöneliyor. O kısımlardan çok keyif almadım. Ama özellikle de Viet Thanh Nguyen’in Sempatizan kitabıyla eş zamanlı okurken, bir sempatizanın bakış açısına karşılık Amerikan yanlısı varlıklı bir ailenin ülkesini terk etmek zorunda kalmasını anlatımıyla kitabın ilk bölümleri çok daha anlamlı ve etkili bir hal aldı.

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Hannah Myhre@hannah_myhre
4 stars
Nov 5, 2021

Well written book, no chapters though

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Mariane@rototoke
4 stars
Sep 25, 2022
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Emily Burns@emilymelissabee
4 stars
Jul 3, 2024
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Anh Nguyen@anhs
4 stars
May 1, 2024
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Jose Szucs@jfszucs
4 stars
Feb 8, 2024
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Chalida Jordan Chanhom@mapelseerup
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Jan 8, 2024
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Elham Islam@elham
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Jan 7, 2024
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Léa Blanchet@leablanchet
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May 4, 2023
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Ali Angco@aliangco
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Mar 26, 2023
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Andrew Louis@hyfen
5 stars
Feb 6, 2023
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Jenn Doan @jennnn
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Jan 11, 2023
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Clara@clarale
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Dec 12, 2022
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Izza@m0thermayi
5 stars
Dec 9, 2022
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Jazz@razorjazz
4 stars
Aug 26, 2022
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Vittoria Vespoli @vittoria-and-books
4 stars
Jul 13, 2022
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Amani Zaha@amanizaha
3 stars
Mar 12, 2022
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GokhanCa@gokhanca
3 stars
Mar 9, 2022
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Maegan Kennedy@maeganisreading
1 star
Mar 8, 2022
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Susan Forsythe@bookmaven
4 stars
Mar 3, 2022
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Susan Forsythe@bookmaven
4 stars
Mar 3, 2022