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The Displaced

The Displaced

Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
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Biography & MemoirEssays
Published
2018
Language
English

Synopsis

Edited by Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Displaced is a powerful anthology of essays by refugee writers. This collection offers diverse perspectives on the profound experiences of displacement, identity, and the search for belonging. It provides an intimate and essential look into the lives of those who have been forced to leave their homes and forge new paths.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

Thought-ProvokingInformativeReflectiveMelancholic
Multiple POVsFish Out of WaterSurvival

Genres

Biography & Memoir Essays Politics & Society Sociology

Authors

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Timothy Andrés Pabon

Timothy Andrés Pabon is the author of the Handbook of Emotions, Fourth Edition. This essential work offers a comprehensive look into the science of human feelings.

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Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American novelist, essayist and literary scholar. He was born in 1971 in Ban Mê Thuột, South Vietnam (now Buôn Ma Thuột, Vietnam), and came to the United States as a refugee in 1975, when his family fled after the fall of Saigon. They were resettled first at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, and later in San Jose, California, where he became a naturalized US citizen. He is University Professor, the Aerol Arnold Chair of English, and a Professor of English, Amer...