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A Departure From Reality | The New Yorker

My mother will not count as one of war’s casualties. But what do you call someone who loses her country, her parents, her peace of mind, because of war? —

Hereafter, Faraway

Viet Thanh Nguyen writes about his refugee experience in this essay for The New Yorker. My eternal scene takes place in a faraway country, the one in which I was

A Refugee Crisis in a World of Open Doors

Viet Thanh Nguyen reviews Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West for The New York Times. You own a house or rent an apartment. You live with your family or by yourself. You wake in