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2021., Grove Press Call No: Fic Ngu Edition: First edition, First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The astonishing sequel to The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, The Committed follows the "man of two minds" as he comes to Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals and politicians who frequent dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese "aunt," he finds not just stimulation for his mind but also customers for his merchandise-but the new life he is making has dangers he has not foreseen. Both literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters"--
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2021., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: QWF Fic Thu Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: In the midst of war, an ordinary miracle: an abandoned baby tenderly cared for by a young boy living on the streets of Saigon. The boy is Louis, the child of a long-gone American soldier. Louis calls the baby em Hong, em meaning "little sister," or "beloved." Even though her cradle is nothing more than a cardboard box, em Hong's life holds every possibility. Through the linked destinies of a family of characters, the novel takes its inspiration from historical events, including Operation Babylift, which evacuated thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975, and the remarkable growth of the nail salon industry, dominated by Vietnamese expatriates all over the world. From the rubber plantations of Indochina to the massacre at My Lai, Kim Thúy sifts through the layers of pain and trauma in stories we thought we knew, revealing transcendent moments of grace, and the invincibility of the human spirit.
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[2017], Plein lune Call No: QWF FR Fic Vu Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Collection PlumeSummary Note: Palawan est lœhistoire dœune bouleversante quête dœidentité. Dès la première page, lœauthenticité des lieux et des personnages captive lœattention. Lang Co, Vietnam, 1979. Par une nuit sombre, seule au milieu dœinconnus, la jeune Kim embarque à contrecœur dans un bateau. Le rafiot, à la dérive pendant des jours, atteint finalement Palawan, un camp de réfugiés des Philippines où sœentassent des Vietnamiens venus de la mer, les Boat People. Le long jeu de lœattente commence alors. Kim nœhésitera pas à mentir sur son identité pour quitter cet enfer. Des années plus tard, au Connecticut, transformée en Américaine dans sa famille adoptive, elle demeure hantée par son désir de retrouver ses sœurs et sa mère. Elle raconte aux uns et aux autres toutes les tristes histoires quœils veulent entendre et sœinvente un passé. Mais sa véritable histoire lui échappe. Ses recherches la conduiront de Montréal à Los Angeles puis, à nouveau à Palawan, où vivent encore, dans les années 90, des réfugiés indésirables qui nœont pu quitter le camp. Leurs récits bouleversants lœobligeront à se rappeler ce quœelle avait choisi dœoublier et lœaideront à faire la paix avec elle-même.
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2014., Deux Voiliers Publishing Call No: QWF Fic Vu Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Under the cover of darkness, Kim, a young girl, is put by her mother on a crowded fishing boat to escape Vietnam. The derelict boat drifts for two weeks on the South China Sea before reaching Palawan, a refugee camp in the Philippines. There, an American immigration officer mistakes Kim for a sponsored orphan with the same name and sends her to America. In the US, Kim tells her unsuspecting adoptive family the orphan stories they want to hear. While she succeeds in inventing vivid details for her assumed identity, there is a missing page in her own past. The boat trip out of Vietnam is a total blank, and she fears the worse. Years later Kim returns to Palawan as a volunteer doctor. Still haunted by what may have happened on the boat, she begins to record the stories of the other refugees. Through them, she seeks to unblock her suppressed memories.
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By Thúy, Kim2009., General, Les Editions Libre Expression Call No: QWF FR Fic Thu Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Ru est composé de très courts récits liés un peu comme dans une ritournelle : la première phrase du chapitre reprend le plus souvent l'idée qui terminait le chapitre précédent, permettant ainsi de faire le pont entre tous les événements que la narratrice a connus : sa naissance au Vietnam pendant la guerre, la fuite avec les boat people, son accueil dans une petite ville du Québec, ses études, ses liens familiaux, son enfant autiste, etc. La vie de l'auteure est bourrée de gens charmants, singuliers, de situations difficiles ou saugrenues vécues avec un bonheur égal, et elle sait jouer à merveille avec les sentiments du lecteur, oscillant entre le tragique et le comique, entre le prosaïque et le spirituel. Écrit sur un ton féminin, maternel, chaleureux, poignant et très original, qui dépasse la tranche de vie traditionnelle, Ru dénote un grand talent dans l'art de raconter, où le souvenir devient prétexte tantôt au jeu, tantôt au recueillement. Un récit d'une adorable et candide survivante, un récit qui contient toute la grandeur de la vie.
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By Thúy, Kim2012., General, Random House Canada Call No: QWF Fic Thu Availability:2 of 2 At Your Library Summary Note: 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 and a love letter to a new homeland. 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.
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By Thúy, Kim2018., Adult, Random House of Canada Call No: Fic Thu Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "The youngest of four children and the only girl, Vi was given a name that meant 'precious, tiny one,' destined to be cosseted and protected, the family's little treasure. Daughter of an enterprising mother and a wealthy, spoiled father who never had to grow up, the Vietnam War destroys the life they've known. Vi, along with her mother and brothers, manages to escape--but her father stays behind, leaving a painful void as the rest of the family must make a new life for themselves in Canada. While her family puts down roots, life has different plans for Vi. As a young woman, she finds the world opening up to her. Taken under the wing of Hà, a worldly family friend, and her diplomat lover, Vi tests personal boundaries and crosses international ones, letting the winds of life buffet her. From Saigon to Montreal, from Suzhou to Boston to the fall of the Berlin Wall, she is witness to the immensity of the world, the intricate fabric of humanity, the complexity of love, the infinite possibilities before her. Ever the quiet observer, somehow she must find a way to finally take her place in the world."--From publisher.
