El libro se
titula Vi y está escrito por la vietnamita Kim Thúy. Inicialmente, me fue un
tanto difícil continuar la lectura por su estructura pero cuando entendí que
era un libro para leerlo despacio, pensando en lo que se decía y que el
objetivo era meditar, la lectura fue haciéndose sencilla y amena.
Yo diría que
es una autobiografía contada como un diario personal más que una novela, pero
en cualquier caso, eso no cambia el fondo del relato, ni su calidad.
Como dice el
libro “vi” significa minúsculo, diminuto… y así es todo el relato basado en la sencillez
de la palabra pero también en su poder. Cada
capítulo nos da un mensaje conciso sin adornos superfluos.
Con estos
mensajes, nos deja conocer su cultura, su familia, su sociedad, experiencias y
sentimientos. Carecen de intensidad emocional y eso nos da la oportunidad de
poder valorar cada mensaje libremente.
En cada capítulo,
hay un paso hacia delante por parte de Vi y al mismo tiempo, un paso hacia
atrás, por parte de su madre. Vi evoluciona, se adapta, sobrevive, aprende a
estar sin destacar pero su evolución nunca finaliza. Por el contrario, su madre
se queda atrás, se estanca, se cierra en su cultura y no se adapta al nuevo
mundo donde vive que es el Occidental.
Es aquí donde
la madre nos ayuda a conocer y entender, hasta cierto punto, su cultura. Una
cultura fuerte que acepta la vida como viene, que apoya y ayuda a la familia ,
esa resiliencia que hace que se sobrepongan a cualquier desdicha. Una fortaleza
y unión extraordinaria como individuos y como cultura.
El objetivo de
su madre siempre fue hacerla fuerte y resistente debido a su condición de mujer
y opta por la estrategia de lo que hoy llamamos “bajo perfil” no significando
que esa persona no tenga grandes capacidades y talento. De hecho, nos demuestra
durante toda la obra que es una mujer inteligente, culta, independiente, con personalidad
y experiencia … aunque la madre no lo entienda , por su falta cultura, de flexibilidad
, de perspectiva y de adaptación al
medio.
De hecho, si
leemos en al pag. 95 el siguiente fragmento: “No he conseguido educarte bien.
He venido a verle el rostro a mi fracaso..” nos demuestra que no es capaz de
ver su increíble éxito que es haberla fortalecido para seguir adelante con su
vida que realmente es un rotundo éxito de superación y evolución constante.
Creo que esa
discreción que su madre le inculca de pequeña, sin saberlo, es la que la vuelve
poderosa en la vida . Es la historia, de una mujer entre tantas mujeres que hay
en el mundo, que nos muestra, una vez más, la fortaleza del mundo femenino.
Es un libro
muy interesante donde se llegan a muchas conclusiones y te muestran muchos
valores que, lamentablemente, hemos perdido.
Espero que os
interesen mis comentarios y si queréis aportar algo mas podéis enviar vuestras opiniones
mediante el blog. Mis comentarios y reseñas son sin ánimo de lucro y totalmente
libres y personales.
Montserrat A.
Vi: Book written by
Kim Thúy
I haven't written a blog post for a long time
because I needed a break, but today I wanted to make a little comment about a
book that I read at the Duran Loriga reading club in A Coruña, to which I
belong.
I am not a specialist in literature but I love
to read and I enjoy doing it, so I will take the license to comment on this
book but not in a professional way, far from it. I want to say that I have also
included some comments that have been contributed by my reading companions for
whom I have great respect and admiration.
The book is titled Vi and is written by the
Vietnamese Kim Thúy. Initially, it was a bit difficult for me to continue
reading because of its structure, but when I understood that it was a book to
read slowly, thinking about what was being said and that the objective was to
meditate, the reading became simple and enjoyable.
I would say that it is an autobiography told
like a personal diary rather than a novel, but in any case, that does not
change the substance of the story, nor its quality.
As the book says "vi" means tiny,
tiny ... and so is the whole story based on the simplicity of the word but also
on its power. Each chapter gives us a concise message without any superfluous
embellishments.
With these messages, he lets us know his
culture, his family, his society, experiences and feelings. They lack emotional
intensity and that gives us the opportunity to value each message freely.
In each chapter, there is a step forward from
Vi and at the same time, a step backward from her mother. Vi evolves, adapts,
survives, learns to be without standing out but its evolution never ends. On
the contrary, his mother lags behind, stagnates, closes in on his culture and
does not adapt to the new world where he lives, which is the Western one.
It is here that the mother helps us to know and
understand, to some extent, her culture. A strong culture that accepts life as
it comes, that supports and helps the family, that resilience that makes them
overcome any misery. An extraordinary strength and union as individuals and as
a culture.
Her mother's goal was always to make her strong
and resistant due to her condition as a woman and she opts for the strategy of
what we now call "low profile", not meaning that this person does not
have great abilities and talent. In fact, she shows us throughout the work that
she is an intelligent, cultured, independent woman, with personality and
experience ... even if the mother does not understand it, due to her lack of
culture, flexibility, perspective and adaptation to the environment.
In fact, if we read on pag. 95 the following extract:
“I have not managed to educate you well. I have come to see the face of my
failure .. ” shows us that she is not capable of seeing her incredible success,
which is having strengthened her to move on with her life, which is truly a
resounding success of constant improvement and evolution.
I think that the discretion that her mother
instills in her as a child, without knowing it, is what makes her powerful in
life. It is the story of a woman among so many women in the world, which shows
us, once again, the strength of the feminine world.
It is a very interesting book where many
conclusions are reached and they show you many values that, unfortunately, we
have lost.
I hope you are interested in my comments and if
you want to contribute something else you can send your opinions through the
blog. My comments and reviews are non-profit and totally free and personal.
Montserrat A.
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