Ru
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ISBN10: 8418264004
ISBN13: 9788418264009
Publisher: Editorial Periferica
Published: May 1 2021
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.20
Language: Spanish
ISBN13: 9788418264009
Publisher: Editorial Periferica
Published: May 1 2021
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.20 Depth: 8.20
Language: Spanish
La palabra Ru, elegida por Kim Thúy como tÃtulo de esta bellÃsima novela, significa «canción de cuna en vietnamita, su lengua materna, y «arroyuelo en francés, su lengua de adopción. Tomando la forma del caudal de un arroyo (leve, continuo), la narración navega, a través de pequeñas escenas, lúcidas y precisas, engarzadas como los eslabones de una cadena, por los recuerdos de la protagonista, desde una infancia de ensueño y privilegio en Saigón a la huida precipitada del paÃs en una barcaza, el paso por un campo de refugiados en Malasia y el comienzo de una nueva vida de inmigrante, junto a su familia, en Canadá. Thúy recrea con gran delicadeza y luminosidad una historia que tardó treinta años en decidirse a escribir: la suya propia. Impelida por el deber de recordar, la novela no elude el relato de las dificultades a las que ha de enfrentarse un ser humano abocado a un proceso de reinvención impuesto por el exilio. Sin embargo, su punto de partida es la serenidad y la gratitud de quien, pese a todo, se siente en la obligación de ser feliz. The word Ru, chosen by Kim Thúy as the title of this beautiful novel, means nursery rhyme in Vietnamese, his mother tongue, and creek in French, his adopted language. Taking the form of the flow of a stream, the narration navigates the passage through a refugee camp in Malaysia and the beginning of a new immigrant life in Canada. Thúy recreates with great delicacy and light a story that took thirty years to decide to write: his own. Impelled by the duty to remember, the novel does not evade the account of the difficulties that a human being must face, who is facing a process of reinvention imposed by exile. However, its starting point is the serenity and gratitude of those who, despite everything, feel the obligation to be happy.
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