It's a beautiful collection that deftly illustrates the experiences of the kinds of people our country has, until recently, welcomed with open arms. The characters in his stories are mainly Vietnamese citizens and their families, forced out of their country at the end of the Vietnam War, trying to make a home in a strange new land. In his first short story collection, writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 for his novel The Sympathizer, takes a look at how it feels and what it means to be a refugee. Some have, some have since closed the door. The United States has accepted more than 10,000 Syrians fleeing the country's civil war, but that's a drop in the bucket - millions of Syrians have been forced out of their home country, hoping other nations will take them in. How?Įven if you've read the news reports or seen the horrifying photographs, it's hard to fathom the terrible extent of the Syrian refugee crisis. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Refugees Author Viet Thanh Nguyen
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