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lê thị diễm thúy

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(eng) Author's name in Vietnamese word order is Lê Thị Diễm Thúy, where Le is the author's family name. Per Wikipedia, author's pen name is all lower case, lê thị diễm thúy.

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lê thị diễm thúy
Andere Namen
Lê Thi Diem Thúy
Le, Thi Diem Thuy
Lê Thị Diễm Thúy
Geburtstag
1972-01-12
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
Vietnam (birth)
USA (naturalized)
Geburtsort
Phan Thiết, Vietnam
Ausbildung
Hampshire College
Hinweis zur Identitätsklärung
Author's name in Vietnamese word order is Lê Thị Diễm Thúy, where Le is the author's family name. Per Wikipedia, author's pen name is all lower case, lê thị diễm thúy.

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A strange book. I must say, I feel that the title doesn't cover the contents of the book, although it is mentioned somewhere.
In itself the story is nice. I think it is (a bit) autobiographical, considering the author's background, but maybe I'm wrong.

It is a strange stry, but when you realize that it is being told by a child's voice and the world is seen through a child's eyes, then it starts making sense. All in all I'm glad to have read it. Interesting books that are fiction are quite rare here.… (mehr)
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BoekenTrol71 | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Oct 28, 2016 |
Recollections and observations of life in America through the eyes of a young Vietnamese refugee girl. She lives first with her father and four "uncles" in San Diego; later her mother joins them. All poetic description but no action, no forward motion.
 
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Salsabrarian | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 2, 2016 |
A moving and somewhat depressing story about home, cultural identity, assimilation, and cultural values. A young girl and her father come to the United States as one of many Vietnamese "boat people" in the 1970s. Her mother joins them later and the family plods from apartment to apartment trying, it seems, constantly to start a life in this foreign place. The southern California in which the family finds itself is glossy and bright, but shallow and meaningless. And the memories of home become increasingly bittersweet.… (mehr)
 
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Beej415 | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Sep 2, 2011 |

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