This book is gorgeous. A fictionalized memoir that follows its narrator from a childhood marked by both privileged affluence in old guard Vietnam and abject poverty as a refugee in Quebec, Ru is a thoughtful narrative that flows in and out of the narrator's life. Part of it's brilliance and charm is...
A fascinating little book in a different sort of style. It is kind of like little vignettes, sort of a diary/journal meant to record random memories. This is certainly a very quick read, a read that makes me appreciate the gift of being born in a country called Canada (rather than Vietnam)!
Really enjoyed this! Very stark stripped writing, and very unsentimental despite much of it being quite horrific. Full review to come!
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