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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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The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2018
- Reliure
- (souple)
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- Titre
- The Refugees
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Éditeur
- Orbit Books
- Publié
- 2018
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 1472153782
- ISBN13
- 9781472153784
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Littérature contemporaine, Nouvelles, Asie
- Évaluation
- 3,65 sur 5
- Description
- 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.