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lê thi diem thúy was born in Phan Thiet, southern Vietnam. She and her father left Vietnam in 1978, by boat, eventually settling in Southern California. lê is currently a Radcliffe Fellow and resides in western Massachusetts.
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The Gangster We Are All Looking For
Written by Thi Diem Thuy Le
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: May 11, 2004
Price: $14.95
A momentous literary debut: the life of a Vietnamese family in America luminously observed through the knowing eyes of a child.
In 1978 six refugees—a girl, her father, and four “uncles”—are pulled from the sea to begin a new life in San Diego. In the child’s imagination, the world of itchy... Read more >
Written by Thi Diem Thuy Le
Format: Trade Paperback, 176 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: May 11, 2004
Price: $14.95
A momentous literary debut: the life of a Vietnamese family in America luminously observed through the knowing eyes of a child.
In 1978 six refugees—a girl, her father, and four “uncles”—are pulled from the sea to begin a new life in San Diego. In the child’s imagination, the world of itchy... Read more >
