具体描述
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.
用户评价
##原谅原生家庭的漫长过程 耐心，再耐心一点。他们到美国来的梦和期望 并不需要你去承担 原谅他们的单纯妄想 才是原谅自己
评分##Such a deep, touching cartoon memoir! The author went long history of her family & their survival during WWII and VietNam War; her giving birth to her son that leads her to reflect, understand & empathize with her mother--because of her, her mother had the responsibility to fulfill hence never had the chance to become the person she dreamed to be.
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##忽然体会到了多书写，多记录个人亲历的历史的意义。只有一个版本的历史，想来也与谎言无差了。
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##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##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##被大历史裹挟的家庭史和个人史。战争就像是书里爸爸的grandmother患上的肺结核，或多或少或浅或深地在爸爸的肺上刻下阴影，战争也是棋盘对决，只是我们每个人无力渺小到甚至算不上棋盘上的一兵一卒，只能被拍打和揉捏，被塑造成现在的样子。开篇新生儿的出生，使作者开始了解并重构越战史及其父母的成长史，他们的颠沛流离、悲欢离合和挣扎求生，直至理解父母执拗的性格，并体会家庭的意义，这个时候，总在声称没有准备好的作者，才是真正地成为了一个"grown—up"。最后的最后，新生儿长成了自由独立的十岁男孩，没有战争与缺失，甚至没有父亲或母亲的影子，我想这也许就是父母struggle的理由，以及作者寻求的答案了，也没有什么比这更好的了。
评分##補評，越南移民實錄，一部記述大時代下小人物的移民變遷史。與一般作品所展現的二代移民經歷culture shock以及自我身份認同的掙扎不同，Thi Bui更多側重於描繪父輩移民前在國內的故事以及社會變革。在經歷與親人的離別，革命與戰爭帶來的痛苦，以及後來到了馬來西亞的refugee camp再到後來的美國，用生動鮮活方式再現了當代移民的歷史碎片，不少場景令人印象深刻。
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