The Refugees

　　繼第一部普立茲獲獎長篇小說《同情者》（The Sympathizer）後，越裔美籍作者阮清越（Viet Thanh Nguyen）這次發掘移民心聲，以短篇故事集形式寫下一系列有關越南難民搬到美國的經歷。

　 　懷著對出生母國以及成長國家的複雜情感，在《The Refugees》裡，阮清越探索難民對家庭、身份的文化衝擊問題：年輕越南難民在舊金山與同性戀伴侶同住所受到的強大震撼、一個丈夫受痴呆症所苦，把她 與舊情人混淆在一起的婦女、一名生活在胡志明市的女孩，看到她從美歸來的同父異母姊姊似乎完成了她一輩子都無法達到的夢想……。阮清越寫出這群流離失所的 人物適應新生活的鬥爭，敏銳的文化觀察與富含情感的文字藝術，讓阮清越在短短兩年內一躍而成文學界一顆最耀眼的新星。(文/博客來編譯)

　　From the author of The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Refugees is a collection of stories imbued with Nguyen's great gift for writing, exploring questions of home, family, immigration, and the American experience

　　Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer was one of the most widely and highly praised novels of 2015, the winner not only of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, but also the Center for Fiction Debut Novel Prize, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the ALA Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the California Book Award for First Fiction. Nguyen's next fiction book, The Refugees, is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.

　　With the coruscating gaze that informed The Sympathizer, in The Refugees Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of immigration. The second piece of fiction by a major new voice in American letters, The Refugees is a beautifully written and sharply observed book about the aspirations of those who leave one country for another, and the relationships and desires for self-fulfillment that define our lives.

　　Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of The Sympathizer, which was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction, the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Edgar Award for First Novel, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and the California Book Award for First Fiction. He is also the author of the nonfiction books Nothing Ever Dies and Race and Resistance. He teaches English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.