New This Month: Ru by Kim Thúy
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Posted by Unknown at 9:05 AM
As I write this it seems likely that you’ve never heard of Kim Thúy, a writer with a gentle voice and a deep and compelling story. But you will.In Vietnamese, “Ru” means lullaby. In French it is a small stream. And for Ru (Random House Canada) both things are true. And more as well.The French language edition of Ru, published in 2009, won Canada’s Governor’s General Award, one of the highest
