LibGuides: Immigration: Resources, Problems and Policies: Fiction and Film

Immigration in Fiction

How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents by Julia Alvarez
Call Number: PS 3551 .L845 H66 1992
ISBN: 9781565129757
Publication Date: 2010-01-12
"Fifteen tales vividly chronicle a Dominican family's exile in the Bronx, focusing on the four Garcia daughters' rebellion against their immigrant elders."--Publisher's Weekly

The immigrant experience as examined by some of the world's most notable fiction writers:

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Imagining America by Wesley Brown (Editor); Amy Ling (Editor)
Call Number: PS647 .E85 I45 2002
ISBN: 9780892552771
Publication Date: 2003-03-17
A multi-cultural anthology of short stories
Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Call Number: Available through CLICS
ISBN: 9781416589648
Publication Date: 2010
A teen Nigerian girl illegally immigrates to London and is absorbed into the troubled lives of an English couple haunted by an event from their Nigerian honeymoon.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Call Number: PS3554 .I259 B75 2007
ISBN: 9781594483295
Publication Date: 2008-09-02
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Call Number: PS 3570 .A8 J6 1989
ISBN: 9780143038092
Publication Date: 2006-09-21
"In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money."--Amazon
Trailing Clouds by David Cowart
Call Number: PS374 .I48 C69 2006
ISBN: 9780801444692
Publication Date: 2006-05-25
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
Call Number: PS3605 .G48 W43 2007
ISBN: 9780307385901
Publication Date: 2007-10-09