In Vietnamese, "Vi" means that which is infinitely small, microscopically small. In this book, Vi is the name of a little girl, the youngest sister of three older brothers, the "little treasure" who finds herself despite herself in the great Life and its tumults. Leaving Saigon for Montreal, visiting Suzhou and Boston, growing up alongside ordinary heroes, she witnesses the immensity of the sea, the multiplicity of horizons, the uniqueness of sorrows, the luxury of peace, the complexity of love, the infinity of possibilities, and the violence of beauty. Like a good student, she watches, learns, receives. But will she ever truly live this great Life?
In Vietnamese, "Vi" means that which is infinitely small, microscopically small. In this book, Vi is the name of a little girl, the youngest sister of three older brothers, the "little treasure" who finds herself despite herself in the great Life and its tumults. Leaving Saigon for Montreal, visiting Suzhou and Boston, growing up alongside ordinary heroes, she witnesses the immensity of the sea, the multiplicity of horizons, the uniqueness of sorrows, the luxury of peace, the complexity of love, the infinity of possibilities, and the violence of beauty. Like a good student, she watches, learns, receives. But will she ever truly live this great Life?
