{"product_id":"the-refugees-9780802127365","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Viet Thanh Nguyen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802127365","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706961301641,"sku":"9780802127365","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_b87091de-3529-4180-9ad7-97db7341fbf5.jpg?v=1719471591","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-refugees-9780802127365","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}