Em / Kim Thúy ; translated by Sheila Fischman.
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE Kim Thúy's Em is a virtuosic novel of profound power and sen­sitivity, and an enduring affirmation of the greatest act of resistance: love.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 Hồng, em meaning "little sister," or "beloved." Even though her cradle is nothing more than a cardboard box, em Hồng'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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781039000865
- ISBN: 103900086X
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 audio file (03 hr., 22 sec.)) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged
- Publisher: [New York] : Random House Canada, 2021.
Content descriptions
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Kim Thúy. |
Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from title details screen (OverDrive; viewed November 19, 2021). |
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Subject: | Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Social aspects > Fiction. Social aspects. |
Genre: | Downloadable audio books. Audiobooks. Fiction. Audiobooks. |