This story was depressing.
Binh is very unhappy and unfulfilled even if he is doing what he loves. He clearly doesn't want to be in France surrounded by parisans who treat him unfairly and judge him constantly.
However, he was exiled from Indochina his home country. When I read about that, two questions popped into my head. One: why was he exiled? Later on in the reading we find that it might be for his mother's "misdeeds" but it is not clear. Another question is why does he live in France? Out of all the places in the world, why would he go to the country to live with people who will treat him like a suspect for past events between France and Indochina? It might be that he loves the culture and food of the country but his tone while talking about the French's tradition to give many names to similar dishes says otherwise.
LIVED DOMESTICITIES
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
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Your questions are interesting, Unknown?
ReplyDeleteCan you point out where in the text Binh reveals that he was exiled from Vietnam/Indochina? Also, I thought the point about men being exiled from villages due to "their mothers' misdeeds"(Truong 479) was a reference to the type of help the collector type employers are drawn to?