The Refugees

By Viet Thanh Nguyen,

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Book description

From the author of The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Refugees is the second piece of fiction from a powerful voice in American letters, praised as "beautiful and heartrending" (Joyce Carol Oates, New Yorker), "terrific" (Chicago Tribune), and "an important and incisive book" (Washington Post).…

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1 author picked The Refugees as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Viet Thanh Nguyen's book is a powerful collection of short stories that delve into the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their struggles with identity, displacement, and trauma.

I found this book deeply moving as it portrays refugees' emotional and psychological scars. Nguyen's writing is both poignant and insightful, shedding light on the complexities of intergenerational trauma.

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