A review by loiscc
The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

4.0

The Rufugees is a beautiful collection of short stories that explore the lives of various protagonists in light of the displacement and culture shock felt by many Vietnamese men and women who fled their war-ravaged country in the early 1970s as a result of war.

A man forced to confront his sexuality, a woman dealing with the tragedy of her husband's decline into complete memory loss and a man confronted by his own guilt from former sins, Nguyen's collection is exquisitely written and deeply moving.