{"product_id":"the-refugees","title":"The Refugees","description":"\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\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0802127363\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780802127365\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Nguyen, Viet Thanh\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Jan 2018)","offer_id":46081246560453,"sku":"9780802127365","price":15.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9780802127365.jpg?v=1776044292","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-refugees","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}