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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.
用戶評價
##忽然體會到瞭多書寫，多記錄個人親曆的曆史的意義。隻有一個版本的曆史，想來也與謊言無差瞭。
評分##不是二代移民典型的身份認同作品。首一整章寫新生，messy而艱難。中間大部分是父母在越南的傢國曆史。在越南螻蟻求生，至齣走美國，隱約並置的是一條“重生”産道。末章落腳於生老病死，點題的“盡力而為”(存活)，是為父母的信條，亦是“幸存者”移民二代真正的文化遺産，刻在血肉裏的處世之道
評分第一次被非母語的作品深深打動。一部越南移民的血淚史，事關救贖與存亡的傢族史，女性的個人迴憶錄。讓人不停心碎，又不斷治愈著人心。武漢大學齣版社鹿書計劃於今年齣版，我一定要譯好它。
評分##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紮不同，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，以及後來到瞭馬來西亞的refugee camp再到後來的美國，用生動鮮活方式再現瞭當代移民的歷史碎片，不少場景令人印象深刻。
評分##去越南前要做點功課，我讀瞭這本圖文迴憶錄《盡力而為》（The Best We Could Do），作者是越南裔美國人Thi Bui，寫自己和傢人在越戰結束後，顛沛流離逃到馬來西亞難民營，然後輾轉移民美國投靠親戚，審視自己的身份認同問題以外，還反思戰爭對父母執拗性格的影響。 我讀完想起上個月和父母一起采訪他們的朋友，一群參加1979年中越戰爭的老兵。有位老兵說：“永遠不要輕易說打仗，戰爭能讓一個國傢倒退十年，還應該為受害的人負責餘生。” 受害的人何止活在戰火中的人呢，即便他們飄洋過海過上新生活，心理陰影也還是會籠罩下一代——《盡力而為》作者的父母就好像是第一次世界大戰中的迷惘一代（Lost Generation），這種迷惘感在傢庭中不斷延伸，作者刻畫得很入骨。
評分##“afraid of my father,craving safety and comfort.i had no idea that the terror i felt was only the long shadow of his own.” “writing about my mother is harder for me—maybe because my image of her is too tied up with my opinion of myself.” “if i ever have a daughter,i’ll tell her to finish school and get a career before ever thinking about boys!”
評分##當時因為是比爾蓋茨推薦書單，就去圖書館藉來看瞭。漫畫，讀的很快。我沒有那麼特彆喜歡，更喜歡同體裁的柬埔寨裔美籍的那個女作傢的迴憶錄和華裔的那本the joy luck club
評分##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.
評分##被大曆史裹挾的傢庭史和個人史。戰爭就像是書裏爸爸的grandmother患上的肺結核，或多或少或淺或深地在爸爸的肺上刻下陰影，戰爭也是棋盤對決，隻是我們每個人無力渺小到甚至算不上棋盤上的一兵一卒，隻能被拍打和揉捏，被塑造成現在的樣子。開篇新生兒的齣生，使作者開始瞭解並重構越戰史及其父母的成長史，他們的顛沛流離、悲歡離閤和掙紮求生，直至理解父母執拗的性格，並體會傢庭的意義，這個時候，總在聲稱沒有準備好的作者，纔是真正地成為瞭一個"grown—up"。最後的最後，新生兒長成瞭自由獨立的十歲男孩，沒有戰爭與缺失，甚至沒有父親或母親的影子，我想這也許就是父母struggle的理由，以及作者尋求的答案瞭，也沒有什麼比這更好的瞭。
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