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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The Phi Beta Kappa Society presents the Sidney Hook Memorial Award to Viet Thanh Nguyen
The Phi Beta Kappa Society has named Viet Thanh Nguyen as the recipient of its Sidney Hook Memorial Award. Phi Beta Kappa presented the award to Nguyen on August 3rd at the 46th Triennial Council of the Society. The award, established in 1991 in memory of the distinguished American philosopher and Phi Beta Kappa member Sidney Hook (1902–1989), recognizes national distinction… (read more)
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Special Event | Language and Migration: Experience and Memory
Viet Thanh Nguyen will be giving a keynote lecture for the Language and Migration symposium at Princeton University. Language is a vital, but underexplored, factor in the lives of migrants, immigrants and refugees. It has a direct impact on the experiences and choices of individuals displaced by war, terror, or natural disasters and the decisions made by agents who provide… (read more)
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The Book Club: The Vietnamese diaspora and the aftermath of war
ABC’s (Australian Broadcasting Company) book club covers Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed in an episode about how the Vietnamese diaspora responds to war. Vietnam, diasporas, and the aftermath of war in this month’s edition of The Book Club. BOOKS Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Committed, Corsair Nam Le, The Boat, Penguin GUESTS Assoc Prof Nathalie Nguyen,… (read more)
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