Called a novel, but really only a novella at a "whopping" 140 pages, this autobiographical work tells of Thuy's experiences from Vietnamese childhood through to her immigration to Quebec.
Stylistically, it is not a chronological presentation. The narrative thread jumps back and forth through time, and skips from topic to topic between pages. Many of the pages are a simple paragraph or two on an isolated topic.
It could be read as poetry. Not sure…I think that would have been more fair to the reader who struggles to bring it all together as a logical narrative.
Winner of the Governor Generals award. Who am I to disagree?
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