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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2022 National Humanities Conference Capps Lecture with Viet Thanh Nguyen – LOS ANGELES
November 11 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Join us for a conversation between Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyenand acclaimed novelist Susan Straight. Friday, November 11, 2022: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PMJapanese American Cultural & Community Center244 S. San Pedro St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 Register The 2022 Capps Lecture is a headlining event at the National Humanities Conference, hosted… (read more)
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“Scripps Presents”: In Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Join Scripps Presents for an evening of conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen, the Pulitzer Prize and Edgar Award-winning author of The Sympathizer, The Committed, The Refugees, and Nothing Ever Dies. His next book, Seek, Memory, a blend of memoir and criticism, is forthcoming in 2023. Tuesday, November 15 · 7pm PST at the Garrison Theater.
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Acclaimed Writer Viet Thanh Nguyen and Others to Be Honored with Inspiration Awards from the American Writers Museum
POSTED ON AUGUST 5, 2022 BY AMERICAN WRITERS MUSEUM August 5, 2022, Chicago, Ill. – The American Writers Museum (AWM) will host its annual OnWord benefit on September 15 at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago to raise funds for the museum’s operations, including its youth education program. This year’s theme centers around Inspiration and there will be no shortage of inspiring… (read more)
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