Thuy, Kim

| 2014

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Following on the Giller Prize-nominated and Governor General's Literary Award-winning success of "Ru, " Kim Thuy's latest novel is a triumph of poetic beauty and a moving meditation on how love and food are inextricably entwined. Man has three mothers: the one who gives birth to her in wartime, the nun who plucks her from a vegetable garden, and her beloved Maman, who becomes a spy to survive. Seeking security for her grown daughter, Maman finds Man a husband--a lonely Vietnamese restaurateur who lives in Montreal. Thrown into a new world, Man discovers her natural talent as a chef. Gracefully she practices her art, with food as her medium. She creates dishes that are much more than sustenance for the body: they evoke memory and emotion, time and place, and even bring her customers to tears. Man is a mystery--her name means "perfect fulfillment," yet she and her husband seem to drift...

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Matilda Norberg

2016-07-15

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Poetisk. Fylld med annorlunda från mitt eget liv, min egen kultur. Vilket gör den fascinerande, lite svårgreppad, vacker.

Nanna Naumann

2015-01-12

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Vackert skriven, återblickande bok om Vietnam.

Pernilla Lindholm

2014-11-26

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Jag gillade nog Mãn bättre än Ru, men det är även i den här romanen någonting som gör att handlingen inte riktigt fäster. Det är synd, för språket är så väldigt fint.