Photo of the Santa Anita Race Track in California being converted to temporary housing for Japanese internees before they are sent to permanent housing at Manzanar in the Owens Valley.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years-from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding-that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this…
In the course of a homosexual affair, a Laotian cook tells his refugee story, interspersed with recipes. He is Fong Mun, who survived the Vietnam War to find refuge first in a Thai camp, then in San Francisco, where he became a caterer and cookbook…
In this collection, Yiyun Li illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate. From the bustling heart of Beijing, to a fast-food restaurant in Chicago, to the barren expanse of Inner Mongolia, [this…
Presents an overview of Tibetan history before relating the story of a refugee family who fled their homeland in 1959 and eventually moved to Columbus, Ohio where they became American citizens.
