EAN: 9781472153784

THE REFUGEES - VIET THANH NGUYEN KARTONIERT (TB)

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.

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