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Kim Thúy

Born 1968 · Canada, Vietnam

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Books on prize lists

  • In English

    Governor General's (French) 2010 · Winner

    Ru

    Ru

    Kim Thúy · 41 when first published

    Novel · 141 pages · Migration, Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:A Vietnamese woman who fled by boat as a child looks back on her life, from Saigon to a refugee camp and to Granby, Quebec, in brief episodes that move between the tragic and the comic.