The Displaced

This collection of essays, edited by the novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, does more than merely put faces to the world’s refugees, said Tim Adams in TheGuardian.com. Nguyen and 17 other writers—including Aleksandar Hemon and Marina Lewycka—share their own experiences with displacement and immigration, and their “beautifully, often angrily told” stories remind us why every culture needs newcomers: “Those who have journeyed farthest have invariably gained the most perspective.”