# The Refugees

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- Authors: [Viet Thanh Nguyen](https://www.bookquiver.com/viet-thanh-nguyen)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2017-02-07

## Description

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.

## Editions

### The Refugees

- Publisher: corsair
- ISBN: 978-14-7215-378-4
- Published: 2018-02-01
- Language: en_GB

### The Refugees

- Publisher: corsair
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7215-254-1
- Published: 2017-02-07
- Language: en_GB