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2025-01-03
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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.
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This book bears an important subject matter and has very beautiful illustrations chronicling the author's family during the turbulent years of the Vietnam War as well as the sacrifices they have made in order to start a new life in another country. However, the problem of this book for me lays with the format, which is limiting and confusing.
评分去越南前要做点功课,我读了这本图文回忆录《尽力而为》(The Best We Could Do),作者是越南裔美国人Thi Bui,写自己和家人在越战结束后,颠沛流离逃到马来西亚难民营,然后辗转移民美国投靠亲戚,审视自己的身份认同问题以外,还反思战争对父母执拗性格的影响。 我读完想起上个月和父母一起采访他们的朋友,一群参加1979年中越战争的老兵。有位老兵说:“永远不要轻易说打仗,战争能让一个国家倒退十年,还应该为受害的人负责余生。” 受害的人何止活在战火中的人呢,即便他们飘洋过海过上新生活,心理阴影也还是会笼罩下一代——《尽力而为》作者的父母就好像是第一次世界大战中的迷惘一代(Lost Generation),这种迷惘感在家庭中不断延伸,作者刻画得很入骨。
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This book bears an important subject matter and has very beautiful illustrations chronicling the author's family during the turbulent years of the Vietnam War as well as the sacrifices they have made in order to start a new life in another country. However, the problem of this book for me lays with the format, which is limiting and confusing.
The Best We Could Do 2025 pdf epub mobi 电子书