Immigration Doesn’t Just Mean Coming To America. These 4 Books Are Good Reminders.

The Enigma of Arrival, by V.S. Naipaul, The Lover, by Marguerite Duras, Last Words from Montmartre, by Qiu Miaojin and Slow Lightning, by Eduardo Corral

Author Ocean Vuong recommends four books on the immigrant experience — but he wants to de-center America in these stories: “Immigration is a species-wide legacy,” he says, and always has been.

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Author Ocean Vuong recommends four books on the immigrant experience — but he wants to de-center America in these stories: “Immigration is a species-wide legacy,” he says, and always has been.