Tu goc do Luu Vong Hoc, Nguyen Hung Quoc khao sat van hoc Viet Nam tai Uc tu nam 1975 den nay nhu mot nen van hoc o giua (in-between), luc nao cung o trong tinh trang vuot qua cac bien gioi van hoa va ngon ngu, o do, gioi cam but khong ngung tai cau truc ky uc cung nhu tuong tuong tap the de xay dung nen nhung tu su luu vong va xac lap cho minh mot ban sac lai ghep xuyen quoc gia. Mot nen van hoc nhu the, noi theo Azade Seyhan, trong cuon Writting Outside the Nation (2001), "khong the bi goi gon trong bien gioi quoc gia, ngon ngu cung nhu cac truyen thong van hoc va phe binh." No can duoc doc mot cach khac. Dien dich mot cach khac. Va danh gia mot cach khac. Tim nhung cai khac nhu the la muc tieu chinh cua cuon sach nay.