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Immigrant

A character navigating the intense psychological friction of cultural displacement, assimilation, and survival between a native homeland and an adopted country.

The friction of cultural displacement, the quest for identity across borders, and the deep-seated human need for belonging in an unfamiliar world.

Books

The Golem and the JinniHelene Wecker
The Hidden PalaceHelene Wecker
Glory SeasonDavid Brin
EmergenceC. J. Cherryh
When the Angels Left the Old CountrySacha Lamb
On Fragile WavesE. Lily Yu
2 A.M. in Little AmericaKen Kalfus
Archipelago of the SunYoko Tawada
A Miracle of Rare DesignMike Resnick
Ballad & DaggerDaniel José Older
Child of EarthDavid Gerrold
The WanderingIntan Paramaditha
A City in the NorthMarta Randall
SublimationIsabel J. Kim
The Lances of NengesdulKeith Taylor
Scattered All Over the EarthYoko Tawada
The Bruising of QilwaNaseem Jamnia
The Last Dragoners of BowbazarIndrapramit Das
Judgment on JanusAndre Norton
A Long and Speaking SilenceNghi Vo
The Quartered SeaTanya Huff

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