{"product_id":"the-refugees-paperback","title":"The Refugees - Paperback","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\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/em\u003e is the second piece of fiction from a powerful voice in American letters, praised as \"beautiful and heartrending\" (Joyce Carol Oates, \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), \"terrific\" (\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e), and \"an important and incisive book\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished in hardcover to astounding acclaim, \u003cem\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/em\u003e is the remarkable debut collection of short stories by Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel \u003cem\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/em\u003e, in \u003cem\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/em\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, \u003cem\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/em\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/em\u003e, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Edgar Award for First Novel, the Asian\/Pacific American Award for Literature, the California Book Award for First Fiction, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is also the author of the nonfiction books \u003cem\u003eNothing Ever Dies\u003c\/em\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award, and \u003cem\u003eRace and Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e. The Aerol Arnold Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California, he lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304361586790,"sku":"9780802127365","price":23.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/Ly9ETlVvdWJmU0VKZWhHdFkxRk4xdz09.webp?v=1767596138","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-refugees-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}