There is a particular power to expatriot novels. An edginess that maybe stems from the displaced condition, conflict of cultures, uprootedness.
My three favorite (in order) are:
A Good Scent From a Strange Mountain by Robert Olen Butler. This is about Vietnamese in Louisiana. The expatriot part is complicated by their war history and memories.
Things Fall Aparte, by Chinua Achebe; A Nigerian moves from rural to urban area.
A Bend in the River by VS Naipaul: An Indian living in the EAst Cost of Africa moves to the interior (probably Zaire)
Okay. What are your favorite expatriot novels? Use comment!
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