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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.… (mehr)
Carissa.Green: This recommendation comes with a warning: Both of these volumes of short-stories are about immigrants and the traumas they suffer in coming to and making do in the United States. Some of the events and subject matter could be "triggering." But both collections are literary and lyrical, and well worth it for those who venture in.… (mehr)
These short stories are beautifully written and masterfully crafted. This is my second experience with Viet Thanh Nguyen's writing and it did not disappoint. Great glimpses into the lives of Vietnamese post-war refugees. ( )
Wonderful collection of short stories featuring Vietnamese refugees and their descendants. All the stories are great but "I'd Love You to Want Me" made me cry in public and "Black-Eyed Women", "The War Years", and "The Other Man" are also among my favs. ( )
In a series of short stories, Nguyen conjures vivid and very real people. Their three-dimensionality reminds me of how I felt the first time I read Steinbeck — each one breathes, moves, and sees the world in a way that, while perhaps not sympathetic, is unexpected while still believable. ( )
This is a book of short stories by Nguyen, author of The Sympathizer. All of the stories deal with Vietnamese refugees, and family relationships; but there is a lot of variety in the characters and situations, The writing is great. I think the most memorable story is "Fatherland" in which our narrator Phoung is visited in Vietnam, by an older half-sister Vivien, whose mother had taken her to the US when she was a baby. It was fascinating to see both sister's reacting to their father's shortcomings and to the roles assigned to them by their families. ( )
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I wrote this book for the ghosts, who, because they're outside of time, are the only ones with time.
Roberto Bolaño, Antwerp
It is not your memories which haunt you. It is not what you have written down. It is what you have forgotten, what you must forget. What you must go on forgetting all your life.
James Fenton, "A German Requiem"
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For all refugees, everywhere
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Fame would strike someone, usually the kind that healthy-minded people would not wish upon themselves, such as being kidnapped and kept prisoner for years, suffering humiliation in a sex scandal, or surviving something typically fatal.
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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.
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These short stories are beautifully written and masterfully crafted. This is my second experience with Viet Thanh Nguyen's writing and it did not disappoint. Great glimpses into the lives of Vietnamese post-war refugees. (