Mémoires de Viet Kieu #2

The second volume of Clément Batoup's Little Saigon: Mémoires de Viet Kieu arrives with a quietly powerful cover — a young Vietnamese woman strides purposefully down an American city street, suitcase in one hand and a paper bag in the other, an American flag visible above the urban canyon around her. That image of someone moving through a new world with determination and practicality says a great deal about the emotional territory this series explores. Published in 2012 by La Boîte à Bulles, this franco-Belgian graphic novel promises a thoughtful, human look at the Viet Kieu experience — the lives of Vietnamese people navigating life far from their homeland.