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9788416291700

Vi Una mujer minúscula

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  • ISBN13:

    9788416291700

  • ISBN10:

    8416291705

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2020-02-01
  • Publisher: Editorial Periferica

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Summary

Vi is an only child in a unique Vietnamese family while her bread-winning mother comes from a humble background, her father is wealthy, spoiled, and never had to grow up. The Vietnam War disturbs the family’s balance, and she is forced to flee to Canada. This novel about refugees and immigrants is also a study of love and the mystery of existence anywhere on earth.

Vi es la única hija de una familia vietnamita muy singular: una madre trabajadora, de extracción humilde, y un padre rico y mimado que nunca tuvo que crecer. La Guerra de Vietnam destruirá el equilibrio familiar conseguido por la madre, un personaje «de otro tiempo». Vi, junto a ella y sus hermanos, huirá a Canadá, tras pasar por un campo de refugiados; su padre no tendrá la misma suerte… Hay novelas que suelen ser llamadas «perfectas» en cuanto parecen mecanismos de relojería suiza; en otras, sin embargo, la vida se cuela por todas partes y la realidad, que es imperfecta, se impone sobre el artificio. Verdad y verosimilitud se confunden entonces. Ésta es una novela sobre la vida de una mujer joven que nació en un antiquísimo Vietnam, en rotunda transformación, y que creció en un Occidente de emigrantes atados a tabúes y contradicciones sin fin. Es una novela sobre refugiados y emigrantes, pero también sobre el amor y el misterio de la existencia en cualquier lugar de la Tierra. Flores y lecturas, comidas y viajes, además de ternura y nostalgia, van conformando la idiosincrasia de Vi, que recorre nuestro extenso mundo como si en realidad fuera diminuto, tanto como indica su propio nombre: Vi, que en vietnamita significa literalmente «preciosa minúscula microscópica».

Author Biography

Kim Thúy fled from Vietnam as a child and has worked in a variety of trades such as a seamstress, interpreter, lawyer, and restaurant owner. She is also the author of Ru and Mãn.

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