Book review of “Ru” by Kim Thúy translated by Sheila Fishman
Micheline Maylor A review of Ru by Kim Thúy translated by Sheila Fishman Random House Canada ISBN 978-0-307-35970-4 $25.00 Refreshing and devastating, Kim Thúy’s (pronounced two-ee) Ru is translated superbly to English by Sheila Fischman. Ru previously won the Governor General’s award in French in 2010. It is the story (fiction/memoir hybrid) of Nguyen An…