The Refugees
Feb 2017 · Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
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“Beautiful and heartrending” fiction set in Vietnam and America from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer (Joyce Carol Oates, The New Yorker)
In these powerful stories, written over a period of twenty years and set in both Vietnam and America, Viet Thanh Nguyen paints a vivid portrait of the experiences of people leading lives between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth.
This incisive collection by the National Book Award finalist and celebrated author of The Committed gives voice to the hopes and expectations of people making life-changing decisions to leave one country for another, and the rifts in identity, loyalties, romantic relationships, and family that accompany relocation. 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 with 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 migration.
“Terrific.” —Chicago Tribune
“An important and incisive book.” —The Washington Post
“An urgent, wonderful collection.” —NPR
In these powerful stories, written over a period of twenty years and set in both Vietnam and America, Viet Thanh Nguyen paints a vivid portrait of the experiences of people leading lives between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth.
This incisive collection by the National Book Award finalist and celebrated author of The Committed gives voice to the hopes and expectations of people making life-changing decisions to leave one country for another, and the rifts in identity, loyalties, romantic relationships, and family that accompany relocation. 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 with 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 migration.
“Terrific.” —Chicago Tribune
“An important and incisive book.” —The Washington Post
“An urgent, wonderful collection.” —NPR
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4.3
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MICHELLE BUCHANAN- ZAMORA
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July 13, 2022
I NEVER ORDERED THIS BOOK OR THE OTHER 2 BOOKS THAT I WAS CHARGED FOR ALL ON THE SAME DAY! THERE WAS A $116.00 CHARGE ON MY CREDIT CARD FROM GOOGLE. THIS WAS A BIG CHARGE FOR ME ALL AT ONCE, SO ONCE AGAIN I FILLED OUT A REFUND REQUEST RIGHT AWAY. WHY DO THEY CALL IT A CUSTOMER REFUND REQUEST? WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO REQUEST OUR MONEY BACK FROM A COMPANY'S THAT STEALS FROM THE CUSTOMER AS MUCH AS THEY CAN. ALL TOGETHER I'VE BEEN CHARGED MORE THAN A $400.00 CREDIT LOSS ON ITEMS THAT I NEVER PURCHASED OUT OF THE $2,000 OF LEGIT ITEMS I PURCHASED THIS YEAR ALONE. THIS IS WHY I ABSOLUTELY HATE GOOGLE WITH A PASSION FOR RUNNING SCAMS LIKE THIS. THOSE 3 BOOKS I WAS CHARGED AN ABSURD AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR.. I WAS DENIED ONCE AGAIN A REFUND. I LOOKED IN THE GOOGLE BOOKS SECTION AND THIS BOOK IS $29.99. TELL ME GOOGLE WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON HERE? YOU LIE CHEAT & STEAL, THEN YOU LIE CHEAT & STEAL AGAIN. HAS ANYONE ELSE BEEN RIPPED OFF, MY LAWYERS SAID WE CAN DO CLASS ACTION AGAINST GOOGLE! I
Nicole West
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December 29, 2017
A thought and emotion provoking book. It stretches your understanding and leaves it sore with new found pliability.
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Aniska Coley
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September 15, 2017
I couldn't stop turning pages
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About the author
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of The Sympathizer, which was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Edgar Award for First Novel, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the California Book Award for First Fiction. He is also the author of the nonfiction books Nothing Ever Dies and Race and Resistance. He teaches English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.
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