loppear reviewed Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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3 stars
Complicated short stories of immigration and belonging. At the end is a re-print of this essay, which is as good as any of the stories: vietnguyen.info/2017/viet-thanh-nguyen-refugee-american-human
"I came to understand that in the United States, land of the fabled American dream, it is un-American to be a refugee. The refugee embodies fear, failure, and flight. Americans of all kinds believe that it is impossible for an American to become a refugee, although it is possible for refugees to become Americans and in that way be elevated one step closer to heaven."