The refugees
Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-2017
Book
The Refugees, is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family. 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 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 immigration.
Main title:
The refugees / Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Author:
Nguyen, Viet Thanh, 1971-, author
Work:
Imprint:
London Corsair, 2017.
Collation:
vii, 209 pages ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
9781472152558 (hbk)1472152557 (hbk)
Dewey class:
813.6
Language:
English
BRN:
448706
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | Fiction | NGUY | Available |
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | Fiction | NGUY | Available |