The displaced : refugee writers on refugee lives / edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781419729485
- ISBN: 1419729489
- Physical Description: 190 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Abrams Press, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
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Formatted Contents Note: | 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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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Kitimat Public Library | 305.9 Dis (Text) | 32665002120030 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |