具体描述
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.
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.
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##目前读过最好的graphic novel，从成为母亲重走自己母亲的道路并切身地理解家庭的含义开始，回溯自己作为refugee的过往并试图恢复重构父母的经历，多视角叙事好评，作为图像的首尾衔接、结构、漫画与插画的混合运用也经得起推敲，言辞精妙。母亲曾经优越而极为不易的为一家人营生，父亲看起来确实废柴，年轻的时候倒也是一番智勇。更多是在说我们这群boat people的过往如何塑造了现在，关注在一个家庭的变迁史之内，对于越南美国人的集体记忆刻画不多。最后说回越南语的时刻印象最深。
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.
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