The Refugees
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).…
Why read it?
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.
From Christina's list on healing generational trauma Vietnamese authors.
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