Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Displaced is listed in Stylist’s spring book list. Original article by Francesca Brown published on Stylist.
The Bank Holiday season is upon us and to revitalise, refresh and reboot your reading list, we’ve compiled the best new titles arriving this spring. From the breakthrough novels, addictive true-crime reporting and moving memoirs to political poetry, essays, thrillers, fantasy and feminist calls to arms, these are all the books you need to know about for the new season.
32. The Displaced edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Edited by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer and former refugee, Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Displaced is a powerful collection of essays by writers who have experienced displacement from around the globe. At a time when empathy is at an all-time low for people seeking refuge from war, oppression and violence, this is is a key read (out 10 April, £18.99, Abrams).
