The Girl Before Her
Proud to be B-Corp
The feel-good place to buy books
The Girl Before Her by Line Papin
In this autobiographical novel, author Line Papin tells the story of three generations of Vietnamese women who endure the trauma of war, exile, and, for the narrator -- who moves abruptly from Hanoi to Paris at the age of 10, the pain of a transnational identity that expresses itself in the body itself.
After a remarkable debut, Line Papin chooses the intimate as raw material and delivers…Her account is inhabited by the voice of her elders, but also by a visceral need to narrate herself in order to reconcile with herself. Her writing… remains bewitching and singular. * Elle France *
[Line Papin's] pages on Hà N?i… where life and death cohabit as if in the same aquarium, are magnificent -- Annie Ernaux * Nobel Prize winner *
A fable, a dream, a nightmare, Line Papin's sharp little book fits like a wedge between the ribs. Her tale, remarkably wise from one her age, is a perfect illustration of nostalgia as a homesickness so severe one can die of it, and Papin nearly does, transplanted from the warmth of family intimacy in Vi?t Nam to the bewildering grayness of France. In the end, her journey reveals itself to be a love story: for the past, for childhood, and for Hà N?i, but also, hopefully, for herself. -- Viet Thanh Nguyen * Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer *
[Line Papin's] pages on Hà N?i… where life and death cohabit as if in the same aquarium, are magnificent -- Annie Ernaux * Nobel Prize winner *
A fable, a dream, a nightmare, Line Papin's sharp little book fits like a wedge between the ribs. Her tale, remarkably wise from one her age, is a perfect illustration of nostalgia as a homesickness so severe one can die of it, and Papin nearly does, transplanted from the warmth of family intimacy in Vi?t Nam to the bewildering grayness of France. In the end, her journey reveals itself to be a love story: for the past, for childhood, and for Hà N?i, but also, hopefully, for herself. -- Viet Thanh Nguyen * Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer *
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781885030832 |
| ISBN 10 | 1885030835 |
| Titel | The Girl Before Her |
| Autor | Line Papin |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Paperback |
| Verlag | Kaya Press |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2023-09-28 |
| Seitenanzahl | 132 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
| Hinweis | Nicht verfügbar |