Verlag | Little |
Auflage | 2018 |
Seiten | 224 |
Format | 12,8 x 19,8 x 1,6 cm |
Gewicht | 219 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
ISBN-10 | 1472153782 |
EAN | 9781472153784 |
Bestell-Nr | 47215378UA |
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. The second piece of fiction by a major new voice, The Refugees 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.