Nguyens Pulitzer Prize winnende debuut ‘De sympathisant’ deed uitkijken naar zijn tweede boek, en de verwachtingen worden méér dan ingelost met deze verhalenbundel over (u raadt het al) vluchtelingen.Nguyens blitse Engels blijkt echter moeilijk vertaalbaar, want het Nederlands voelt soms iets te gewichtig aan voor zijn nonchalante vertelstem en kortgeschoren pareltjes van zinnen. ‘De vluchtelingen’ omlijnt de rauwe naweeën van het lijden zonder er te vaak rechtstreeks over te spreken. Verplichte kost voor fans van Mohsin Hamid.
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A different view of the war in Vietnam: Viet Thanh Nguyen at the Book Fair
Chiara Manetti discusses Viet Thanh Nguyen’s remarks at the Turin Book Fair for this article in Futura News. La Guerra in Vietnam raccontata da una prospettiva diversa, attraverso gli occhi di un protagonista insolito. Il simpatizzante di Viet Thanh Nguyen si pone lontano dalla tipica visione americana della Guerra in Vietnam, il conflitto durato un ventennio e… (read more)
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The Pulitzer Prize Viet Thanh Nguyen at the Book Fair: “I am censored in Vietnam”
Manuela Marascio discusses Viet Thanh Nguyen’s remarks of the Vietnam War at the Turin Book Fair in this article for Torin Oggi. L’autore dell’acclamato successo del 2015 “Il simpatizzante” ha parlato delle diverse percezioni tra Occidente e Oriente rispetto alla guerra vietnamita “Negli Stati Uniti ora avverto una regressione delle istanze democratiche. Ma credo sia… (read more)
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Struggling to find a place, refugee writers speak for themselves
Thy Vo discusses refugee writers and The Displaced by Viet Thanh Nguyen in this article for The Mercury News. OAKLAND — Amid a national debate over the country’s policies toward immigrants and deportation policies, a group of panelists spoke of the complexity of being displaced and struggling for identity in the country they sought refuge…. (read more)
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