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From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen and illustrator Minnie Phan comes an unforgettable story of a Vietnamese American girl whose life is transformed by a wildfire.
Kirkus Reviews says “Stunning…. a powerful, multilayered depiction of an increasingly common situation.”
A Man of Two Faces
With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life in a highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir.
He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America.
The Committed
Chicken of the Sea
The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives
The Refugees
The Refugees is a collection of perfectly formed stories written over a period of twenty years, exploring questions of immigration, identity, love, and family.
Kirkus Reviews says “many of the stories might have been written by a modern Flaubert, if that master had spent time in San Jose or Ho Chi Minh City.”
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. Nothing Ever Dies, a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction, explores a conflict that endures in Vietnamese and American memories.
Marilyn B. Young, author of The Vietnam Wars, calls this book “Beautifully written, powerfully argued, thoughtful, provocative.”
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Alta | Playing with Paradox: ‘The Sympathizer’
In this newsletter, we look at Viet Thanh Nguyen’s use of contradiction in pursuit of truth in his powerful first novel, the California Book Club’s
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THE SYMPATHIZER makes TIME Magazine and The Washington Post’s Top 10 shows of the year. From WaPo: “Like its protagonist, “The Sympathizer” signals from the
Alta | ‘We Will Live!’: Positive Freedom in ‘The Sympathizer’
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s acclaimed literary novel, which delves into themes of subjectivity, empathy, and solidarity, is particularly relevant to this moment, reasons Ann Gelder, who
+972 Magazine | Viet Thanh Nguyen broke a BDS rule. Now he is its vocal advocate
The Vietnamese-American writer reflects on his ‘mea culpa’ with Israeli publishers, the diminishing power of Israeli and U.S. propaganda, and why cultural figures must take
Alta | Issue 30 | Q&A: A Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is the California Book Club’s January 2025 selection. By David L. Ulin and Photo by Dustin Snipes. Published: Dec 12, 2024 Dustin Snipes Viet Thanh Nguyen’s
Texas Library Association | Simone Makes 2025 Texas Library Association’s Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List
Simone has been chosen for the 2025 Texas Library Association’s Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List! The Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List aims to select
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About Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous other awards. His most recent publication is his memoir, A Man of Two Faces. His other books are the sequel to The Sympathizer, The Committed; a short story collection, The Refugees; Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War (a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction and the National Book Critics Circle Award in General Nonfiction); and Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America. He has also published Chicken of the Sea, a children’s book written in collaboration with his son, Ellison. He is a University Professor, the Aerol Arnold Chair of English, and a Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity, and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, he is also the editor of The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives.
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