Em

by Kim Thúy

Overview

Emma-Jade and Louis are born into the havoc of the Vietnam War. Orphaned, saved and cared for by adults coping with the chaos of Saigon in free-fall, they become children of the Vietnamese diaspora. Through the linked destinies of characters connected by birth and destiny, the novel zigzags between the rubber plantations of Indochina; daily life in Saigon during the war as people find ways to survive and help each other; Operation Babylift, which evacuated thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975 at the end of the Vietnam War; and today''s global nail polish and nail salon industry, largely driven by former Vietnamese refugees - and everything in between.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838415907
Publisher:	Seven Stories Press UK
Publication date:	09/23/2021
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	15.12(w) x 7.76(h) x 0.59(d)

About the Author

Born in Saigon in 1968, Kim Thúy left Vietnam with the boat people when she was ten and settled in Quebec with her family. As well as being a writer, she has degrees in translation and law and has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, and restaurant owner. Her debut novel, Ru, was published in 2009 and became a bestseller in Quebec and in France, garnering several prestigious literary awards. She has also written À toi (Yours), with Pascal Janovjak; Mãn; and Vi--in addition to a cookbook, Le secret des Vietnamiennes (Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen).

Born in Saigon in 1968, Kim Thúy left Vietnam with the boat people when she was ten and settled in Quebec with her family. As well as being a writer, she has degrees in translation and law and has worked as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, and restaurant owner. Her debut novel, Ru, was published in 2009 and became a bestseller in Quebec and in France, garnering several prestigious literary awards. She has also written À toi (Yours), with Pascal Janovjak; Mãn; and Vi--in addition to a cookbook, Le secret des Vietnamiennes (Secrets from My Vietnamese Kitchen).

Sheila Fischman is the award-winning translator of some 150 contemporary novels from Quebec. In 2008 she was awarded the Molson Prize in the Arts. She is a Member of the Order of Canada and a chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec. She lives in Montreal.