发表于2024-11-17
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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The Best We Could Do 下载 mobi epub pdf 电子书##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##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##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##一开始因为时间线乱跳觉得有点乱,之后重大历史事件作用于个人及家庭命运时就有沉重的感受了:二战、土地改革、越南战争、北越政权建立等等,其实事件都是熟悉的,苦难也是早有预料的,只是位置不同感受更加复杂。另外越南与朝鲜半岛有某种类似的轨迹,更加觉得人的相同而非不同。 按:自八月份十位阿富汗平民在喀布尔无人机袭击中丧生的惨案已经过去了两个月,而网络上对于阿富汗命运的关注渐渐趋于沉寂。但正是在这样一个时代,我们比任何时候都需要了解其他地方发生了什么,需要去理解如何关心那些遥远的“除了我们以外”的邻人。裴施的这本后越战时期的...
评分 评分故事开篇,作者以冷淡口吻叙述着过往。一方面,作者时而嘲笑和讥讽自己父母,对过往表达不满,时而埋怨和发泄不甘。正确的读法,可能会是看轻作者的心灰意冷,把这作为情绪的一部分;另一方面,如将问题换个方向,则能从中理解作者的心情,因她的际遇令她像如此般讲述往事。 故...
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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