03257cam a2200325 4500 468443409 TxAuBib 20201029120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780802189356 0802189350 B01LFQ3KVS Amazon 15d7d4c8-2975-4c03-94d7-a122659d678f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2942417 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971- The Refugees [Libby eBook]. Grove Atlantic, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2313kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 3339kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>From the author of <i>The Sympathizer</i>, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, <i>The Refugees</i> is the second piece of fiction from a powerful voice in American letters, praised as "beautiful and heartrending" (Joyce Carol Oates, <i>New Yorker</i>), "terrific" (<i>Chicago Tribune</i>), and "an important and incisive book" (<i>Washington Post</i>)</b> <p>Published in hardcover to astounding acclaim, <i>The Refugees</i> is the remarkable debut collection of short stories by Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel <i>The Sympathizer</i>. 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.</p> <p>With the same incisiveness as in <i>The Sympathizer</i>, in <i>The Refugees</i> 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.</p> <p>The second work of fiction by a major new voice in American letters, <i>The Refugees</i> 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.</p>. Short Stories. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-28 22:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=15d7d4c8-2975-4c03-94d7-a122659d678f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=15d7d4c8-2975-4c03-94d7-a122659d678f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=15d7d4c8-2975-4c03-94d7-a122659d678f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)