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"No matter where we are, we have nothing but stories." "The New York Times' annual book recommendation, Bill Gates' annual recommendation, and the work of Nguyen Thanh Viet, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Sympathizer", is a collection of short stories that have been polished and waited for twenty years to be published. A book for refugees around the world. Nguyen Thanh Viet, a refugee-born writer, writes about ghosts, homes and memories, examining the trauma and crisis of war. "Refugees" is Nguyen Thanh Viet's latest short story collection, consisting of 7 short stories in total. Compared with "The Sympathizer", the subject matter of "Refugees" is more everyday, without heavy narratives about ideological systems and the fate of the country. It mostly focuses on the lives of ordinary people in the United States and tells about the bonds between people.

The Vietnamese-American writer's reflective work on "Rethinking the Vietnam War" rivals "Apocalypse Now" and is also a direct reference to Coppola's profound work. "The Sympathizer" combines history, politics, espionage, thriller and other elements to tell the story of a North Vietnamese spy lurking in South Vietnam. The background of the story is set in 1975, when the Viet Cong occupied Saigon and the U. S. Military retreated. The protagonist, whose true identity is the Viet Cong, fled to the United States with his South Vietnamese "boss", where he continued espionage work and reported enemy information to North Vietnam. During this period, as a refugee and a spy, he experienced extraordinary physical and mental torture and struggle. The novel focuses on portraying the characteristics and identity of his "sympathizer". He has deep sympathy for his Vietnamese compatriots, North Vietnamese comrades, South Vietnamese soldiers, vulnerable Vietnamese refugees and other minority groups in white American society. The protagonist carries a dual identity, experiences and crosses two cultures, and is confused and struggles to explore himself and identity. This is also one of the eternal themes of literature. The author uses a unique vision and ingenious plot settings to allow readers to go deep into the protagonist's confession and follow the clues, and they suddenly realize it near the end.