Em / Kim Thúy ; translated from the French by Sheila Fischman.

By:

Th�uy, Kim

Contributor(s):

Fischman, Sheila

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Toronto : Random House Canada, 2021Description: 148 pagesContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

1039000835 (hardcover)
9781039000834 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Historical fiction.

DDC classification:

Summary: Through the linked destinies of a number 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 impressive growth of the nail salon industry, dominated by Vietnamese expatriates all over the world. The author focuses on a wide range of topics from the rubber plantations of Indochina to the massacre at My Lai.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
BOOK	Meaford Public Library Fiction	Fiction	FIC Thuy (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		28749

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Translation of: Em.

Through the linked destinies of a number 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 impressive growth of the nail salon industry, dominated by Vietnamese expatriates all over the world. The author focuses on a wide range of topics from the rubber plantations of Indochina to the massacre at My Lai.

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