A Refugee’s Multilayered Experience In ‘Ru’

Kim Thuy based her award-winning novel Ru on her own experiences as a refugee from war-torn Vietnam. She says the word “ru” has a poetic double meaning: In archaic French, it means a rill or stream, but in Vietnamese, it means a lullaby to soothe a child.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us

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A Refugee’s Multilayered Experience In ‘Ru’