‘Refugees’ is timely, timeless in telling of human stories
“The Refugees” (Grove Press), by Viet Thanh Nguyen Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new book, “The Refugees,” is both timely, given the current debate about refugees in America, and timeless in its exploration of universal human struggles. This gorgeous collection of short stories recalls Jhumpa Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies,” but with Vietnam as the loose center around