Thi Bui was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States as a child. She studied art and law and thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but became a public school teacher instead. Bui lives in Berkeley, California, with her son, her husband, and her mother. The Best We Could Do is her debut graphic novel.
发表于2024-11-24
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Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
评分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
评分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
评分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
评分Bitter,sorrow How much of ME is mine,and how much is predestined? The book sets me thinking the influence of original family. I long for self-independence, long for everything that my parents told me I CAN'T. Unfortunately, when I grow up , I found part of ...
图书标签: 回忆录 越南 美国 英文原版 漫画 自传 家庭 越南战争
An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family’s journey from war-torn Vietnam from debut author Thi Bui.
This beautifully illustrated and emotional story is an evocative memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for the past. Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves.
At the heart of Bui’s story is a universal struggle: While adjusting to life as a first-time mother, she ultimately discovers what it means to be a parent—the endless sacrifices, the unnoticed gestures, and the depths of unspoken love. Despite how impossible it seems to take on the simultaneous roles of both parent and child, Bui pushes through. With haunting, poetic writing and breathtaking art, she examines the strength of family, the importance of identity, and the meaning of home.
In what Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “a book to break your heart and heal it,” The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui’s journey of understanding, and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.
非常棒的一本成人漫画书,我的第二本。在podcast里听到跟作者的面谈,几乎是一口气看完的。家族史写成这样已经非常感人的了。尤其是其中的一页用的是真实的相片。
评分对 refugee 问题有了新认识。原来越南人到美加法的故事是这样的。真·boat ppl
评分Pretty dense and serious compared to many others of its kind. Sharp and heavy non the less.
评分很多地方都似乎是先写了脚本,然后再配图的,word-specific作品。这直接导致很多地方的图像更像是插图(有利有弊,好的方面是隐喻的图像多了),而且由于作者技法表现能力有限,人物画得没有区分度(这也是图像和文字的区别,图像在限定内容方面有时候差于文字,但不是所有时候都这样;文字总是有选择的,图像更完整却也更模糊),部分段落讲得不清楚。
评分读完的第一本英文小说,虽然是graphic novel,一个很好的开始。Thi的父母真的真的太不容易了,能活下来去美国,与好运以及资源,还有家族积累都密不可分,作者也通过写这本书,更理解了父母,喜欢这种跨越时空的故事,时间上有战争做标记,空间上从越南到美国,跨越山海,喜欢。
The Best We Could Do 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书