The Refugees

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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 suf fers 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. PRODUCT DETAILS : ISBN : 9781472153784 BY (AUTHOR) Nguyen, Viet Thanh PUBLISHER : Little, Brown Book Group PUBLICATION DATE : February 01, 2018 COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United Kingdom IMPRINT : Corsair LANGUAGE : English AGE : General PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback DIMENSION : 196 mm x 124 mm WEIGHT : 215 g PRODUCT CATEGORY : Fiction & Related items Show more