Kim Thúy - Böcker

Stark roman om¿sökandet efter¿kärlek och sammanhang I¿ Em ¿tar Kim Thúy sin unika¿berättarstil ett steg längre och skildrar en djupt mänsklig historia¿inspirerad av verkliga händelser. Romanen tar¿avstamp i Operation Babylift, då tusentals¿föräldr...

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"Ru" betyder "vaggvisa" eller "att vagga" på vietnamesiska, men även "bäck" på franska. Det är också titeln på Kim Thúys rosade självbiografiska roman som kan beskrivas som en rännil av minnen som slingrande letar sig fram från barndomen i krigets...

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Mãn är en kvinnas kärleksförklaring till de kvinnor som i tur och ordning födde henne, gav henne mat och uppfostrade henne. Som nyfödd övergavs hon av en tonåring i trädgården till ett buddistiskt tempel som låg högt uppe på en flodbank vid en av ...

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Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thúy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. ...

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Stark roman om¿sökandet efter¿kärlek och sammanhang I¿ Em ¿tar Kim Thúy sin unika¿berättarstil ett steg längre och skildrar en djupt mänsklig historia¿inspirerad av verkliga händelser. Romanen tar¿avstamp i Operation Babylift, då tusentals¿föräldr...

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During the 1980s, thousands of Chadian citizens were detained, tortured, and raped by then-President Hissene Habre's security forces. Decades later, Habre was finally prosecuted for his role in these atrocities not in his own country or in The Hag...

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During the 1980s, thousands of Chadian citizens were detained, tortured, and raped by then-President Hissene Habre's security forces. Decades later, Habre was finally prosecuted for his role in these atrocities not in his own country or in The Hag...

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During the 1980s, thousands of Chadian citizens were detained, tortured, and raped by then-President Hissène Habré's security forces. Decades later, Habré was finally prosecuted for his role in these atrocities not in his own country or in The Hag...

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This intermediate language text, written for those who already have a basic knowledge of Vietnamese, stresses conversational skills. The goal is to help students communicate effectively and absorb meaning through speaking, listening, reading, and ...

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A runaway bestseller in Quebec, with foreign rights sold to 15 countries around the world, Kim Thúy's Governor General's Literary Award-winning Ru is a lullaby for Vietnam and a love letter to a new homeland.Ru. In Vietnamese it means lulla...

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Following on the Giller Prize-nominated and Governor General's Literary Award-winning success of Ru, Kim Thúy's latest novel is a triumph of poetic beauty and a moving meditation on how love and food are inextricably entwined.   &...

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A warm and welcoming introduction to a vibrant cuisine, with more than 50 easy to make recipes from internationally bestselling novelist Kim Thúy.Between careers as a lawyer and an acclaimed novelist, Kim Thúy ran a celebrated restau...

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The activities manuals for Spoken Vietnamese for Beginners are designed to supplementeach of the textbook s twenty lessons. They consist of preliminary chapters introducinguseful classroom expressions and additional chapters that are divided intof...

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Senator Thomas Hart Benton was a towering figure in Missouri politics. Elected in 1821, he was the new state's first senator, and he served in Washington, DC for more than thirty years. The foremost Democratic leader in the Senate, he claimed to r...

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A new understanding of autism spectrum disorder.The experience of autistic people, real-life stories from parents, and suggested therapeutic approaches are brought together in New Ways of Understanding Autism to provide a realistic sense of autism...

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A new understanding of autism spectrum disorder.The experience of autistic people, real-life stories from parents, and suggested therapeutic approaches are brought together in New Ways of Understanding Autism to provide a realistic sense of autism...

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Man has three mothers: the one who gives birth to her in wartime, the nun who plucks her from a vegetable garden, and her beloved Maman, who becomes a spy to survive. Seeking security for her grown daughter, Maman finds Man a husband - a lonely Vi...

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Ru: In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow - of tears, blood, money. Kim Thuy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. ...

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»Man glaubt immer, das Leben von Einwanderern sei nur schwer. Und vergisst dabei, dass ihre Erfahrungen auch wunderbare, lustige, bewegende und oft ganz absurde Momente umschlieÿen ?«Die kleine Kim ist zehn, als ihre Familie aus Vietnam fliehen...

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In den Wirren des vietnamesischen Bürgerkriegs wird ein junges Mÿdchen weitergereicht; erst bei der dritten »Mutter«, einer Lehrerin, findet Mãn ein Zuhause. Doch dann entscheidet sich auch die neue Mutter, sie in die Ferne zu schicken: in ei...

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Acht Jahre ist Vi, als sie mit der Mutter und den drei groen Brudern aus Vietnam flieht, in einem Fluchtlingslager in Malaysia landet und schlielich in Kanada neu beginnt. Erst als erwachsene Frau kehrt sie eine Weile nach Vietnam zuruck, in ein L...

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Die Liebe zwischen Alexandre und Mai, einem französischen Plantagenbesitzer und einer vietnamesischen Widerstandskÿmpferin, begann mit Gewalt. Das Glück kam unvorhergesehen und wÿhrte kurz, den Angriff auf Alexandres Plantage überlebt nur ihr...

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