The Best We Could Do 在线电子书 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
发表于2025-02-16
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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。
评分不是二代移民典型的身份认同作品。首一整章写新生,messy而艰难。中间大部分是父母在越南的家国历史。在越南蝼蚁求生,至出走美国,隐约并置的是一条“重生”产道。末章落脚于生老病死,点题的“尽力而为”(存活),是为父母的信条,亦是“幸存者”移民二代真正的文化遗产,刻在血肉里的处世之道
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Love every detail of this book. Such a meaningful reading right after my trip to Chongqing. 今年恰逢婆婆外公金婚纪念,外公八十大寿。上周回去看了好多老照片,对家里的历史非常感兴趣。The best we could do这个标题也很有意思,让我想起了他们在历史节点中的选择,让这个家成为可能,也间接塑造了我们。
评分2018已读06#作者为人母后寻根溯源的故事,面对动荡的历史和战争留下的创伤,我们能做到的最好的就是把这份勇气传承下去。
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.
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 ...
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