Ru by Kim Thuy - Used Lynn Buchanan Ten years prior

Ten years prior

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Ru by Kim Thuy - Used Lynn Buchanan Ten years priorRu. In Vietnamese it means lullaby; in French it is a small stream, but also signifies a flow of tears, blood, money. Kim Thy's Ru is literature at its most crystalline: the flow of a life on the tides of unrest and on to more peaceful waters. In vignettes of exquisite clarity, sharp observation and sly wit, we are carried along on an unforgettable journey from a palatial residence in Saigon to a crowded and muddy Malaysian refugee camp, and onward to