KimThuyRu, by Kim Thuy

Canadian author Kim Thúy was born in Saigon and arrived in Quebec at age ten in 1978, with the first wave of boat people from Vietnam. She has worked as a seamtress, an interpreter, a lawyer and a restaurant chef-owner before devoting herself to writing. She will present her first novel, Ru, in conversation with Prof. Vidya Vencatesan, Head of the French Studies department at the University of Mumbai. Ru was shortlisted for various literary awards and has won the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Grand Prix RTL/Lire 2010, and the Grand Prix du Salon du Livre de Montréal 2010, among others.

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