Ru (Canadian First Edition and First Printing - Signed by Kim Thuy and Sheila Fischman)

Thuy, Kim (Signed by Sheila Fischman)

ISBN 10: 0307359700 / ISBN 13: 9780307359704

Published by Random House Canada, Toronto, ON, 2012

About this Item

A first edition and first printing copy of the 2012 english translated edition. The book has only been opened for signing by Kim Thuy and translator Sheila Fischman. Along with her signature, Kim Thuy has written on the title page, "I came into the world during the Tet Offensive," dated, "September 26, 2012 - Eden Mills." A very unique copy of the 2010 Governor General's Award winner for French Language fiction and shortlisted nominee for the 2012 Giller prize.

Seller Inventory # 000255

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ru (Canadian First Edition and First Printing - Signed by Kim Thuy and Sheila Fischman)
• Publisher: Random House Canada, Toronto, ON
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307359700
• ISBN 13: 9780307359704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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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.

About the Author

KIM THÚY has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer and restaurant owner. She currently lives in Montreal where she devotes herself to writing.
 
Sheila Fischman  is the award-winning translator of some 150 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 de l'Ordre national du Québec. She lives in Montreal.