Author Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers from around the world to explore and illuminate their experiences. This collection of essays reveals moments of uncertainty, resilience in the face of trauma, and a reimagining of identity. The Displaced provides a look at what it means to be forced to leave home and find a place of refuge.
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ISBN:9781419729485
ISBN:1419729489
Physical Description:print 190 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Last, first, middle / Joseph Azam -- Common story / David Bezmozgis -- Flesh and sand / Fatima Bhutto -- Perspective and what gets lost / Thi Bui -- How succulent food defeated Trump's wall before it has been built / Ariel Dorfman -- Guest of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa / Lev Golinkin -- The parent who stays / Reyna Grande -- To walk in their shoes / Meron Hadero -- God's fate / Aleksandar Hemon -- Second country / Joseph Kertes -- 13 ways of being an immigrant / Porochista Khakpour -- Refugees and exiles / Marina Lewycka -- This is what the journey does / Maaza Mengiste -- The ungrateful refugee / Dina Nayeri -- A refugee again / Vu Tran -- New lands, new selves / Novuyo Rosa Tshuma -- Refugee children: the Yang warriors / Kao Kalia Yang.
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