“My Work Is to Show That It’s So Much More Beautiful When You Can Mix”: An Interview With Kim Thúy

In this interview, Thúy touches upon the ways in which her writing in French is imbued with the musicality of the Vietnamese language and her imagery is inflected with references to Vietnamese culture. She compares this interchange and crossfertilization to mixing a cocktail, where seemingly incompatible flavors are blended to create something new and appealing.