In The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of immigration. The second piece of fiction by a major new voice, The Refugees is a beautifully written and sharply observed book about the aspirations of those who leave one country for another, and the relationships and desires for self-fulfillment that define our lives.
| ISBN: | 9781472153784 |
| Publication date: | 1st February 2018 |
| Author: | Viet Thanh Nguyen |
| Publisher: | Corsair an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Primary Genre | General Fiction |
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