{"product_id":"0802127363-the_refugees","title":"The Refugees","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e is the second piece of fiction from a powerful voice in American letters, praised as “beautiful and heartrending” (Joyce Carol Oates, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), “terrific” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e), and “an important and incisive book” (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePublished in hardcover to astounding acclaim, \u003ci\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e is the remarkable debut collection of short stories by Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e. In these powerful stories, written over a period of twenty years and set in both Vietnam and America, Nguyen paints a vivid portrait of the experiences of people leading lives between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith the same incisiveness as in \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e, in \u003ci\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to the hopes and expectations of people making life-changing decisions to leave one country for another, and the rifts in identity, loyalties, romantic relationships, and family that accompany relocation. 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 migration.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe second work of fiction by a major new voice in American letters, \u003ci\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiterature \u0026amp; Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eCultural Heritage\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":46775573381310,"sku":"0802127363-4","price":15.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71afHUWDRDL.jpg?v=1778171232","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0802127363-the_refugees","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}