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Em : a novel
Thúy, Kim, author.
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Random House Canada, |
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2021. |
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148 pages ; |
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9781039000834 |
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| PS 9639 H89 E413 2021 |
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Em : a novel
Thúy, Kim, author.
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Personal Author:
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Thúy, Kim, author.
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Uniform title:
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[Em. English]
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Title:
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Em : a novel / Kim Thúy ; translated by Sheila Fischman.
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Publication:
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Toronto : Random House Canada, 2021.
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Copyright date:
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©2021
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Physical description:
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148 pages ; 24 cm
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Content type:
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text txt
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Media type:
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unmediated n
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volume nc
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Subject term:
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Social aspects--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Orphans--Vietnam--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Operation Babylift, 1975--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Racially mixed people--Vietnam--Fiction.
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Genre index term:
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Novels.
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General Note:
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Remainder of title from cover.
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General Note:
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"Published ... simultaneously in the United States by Seven Stories Press, New York."--Title page verso.
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General Note:
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"Originally published in French in Canada as Em by Les Éditions Libre Expression, Montreal, in 2020."--Title page verso.
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Summary:
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"In the midst of war, an ordinary miracle : an abandoned baby tenderly cared for by a young boy living on the streets of Saigon. The boy is Louis, the child of a long-gone American soldier. Louis calls the baby em Hồng, em meaning 'little sister,' or 'beloved.' Even though her cradle is nothing more than a cardboard box, em Hồng's life holds every possibility. Through the linked destinies of a family of characters, the novel takes its inspiration from historical events, including Operation Babylift, which evacuated thousands of biracial orphans from Saigon in April 1975, and the remarkable growth of the nail salon industry, dominated by Vietnamese expatriates all over the world. From the rubber plantations of Indochina to the massacre at My Lai, Kim Thúy extricates the layers of pain and trauma from stories we thought we knew, and reveals transcendent moments of grace, and the invincibility of the human spirit."--
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Language:
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Translated from the French.
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Added Entry-Personal:
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Fischman, Sheila, translator.
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ISBN:
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9781039000834 (hardcover)
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ISBN:
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1039000835 (hardcover)
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9728602
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