{"product_id":"the-migrant-rain-falls-in-reverse-a-memory-of-vietnam-hardcover","title":"The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse: A Memory of Vietnam - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVinh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unconventional memoir of conjuring the uncertain past and a long-lost homeland, and a vital document of one family's journey through world history\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the U.S. war in Vietnam ended, but the refugee crisis was only beginning. Among the millions of people who fled Vietnam by boat were Vinh Nguyen, along with his mother and siblings, and his father, who left separately and then mysteriously vanished. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades later, Nguyen goes looking for the story of his father. What he discovers is a sea of questions drifting above sunken truths. To come to terms with the past, Nguyen must piece together the debris of history with family stories that have been scattered across generations and continents, kept for decades in broken hearts and guarded silences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a poignant tour of disappeared refugee camps, abandoned family homes, and the lives that could have been. As the fiftieth anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War approaches, this powerful memoir is timelier and more important than ever, illuminating the stories, real and imagined, that become buried in the rubble of war.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVINH NGUYEN\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and educator whose work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eBrick, Literary Hub, The Malahat Review, PRISM international, Grain, Queen's Quarterly, Current\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMUBI's Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a nonfiction editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, where he curates an ongoing series on refugee, migrant, and diasporic writing. He is the coeditor of the academic books \u003ci\u003eRefugee States: Critical Refugee Studies in Canada\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Routledge Handbook of Refugee Narratives\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of \u003ci\u003eLived Refuge: Gratitude, Resentment, Resilience\u003c\/i\u003e. His writing has been short-listed for a National Magazine Award and has received the John Charles Polanyi Prize in Literature. In 2022, he was a Lambda Literary Fellow in Nonfiction for emerging LGBTQ writers. He lives in Toronto, Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.01 x 8.5 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44800237338726,"sku":"9781640096738","price":35.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/nTQn4YIZBy9781640096738.webp?v=1771286110","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-migrant-rain-falls-in-reverse-a-memory-of-vietnam-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}