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  The power of narrative and representation

  Viet Thanh Nguyen shares his stories on representation, voices and refugees at the Department of State’s Asian-American Foreign Affairs Association keynote event in this article for the STATE Magazine. In May, the Department of State celebrated Asian-American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month in partnership with two of the Department’s employee affinity groups: the Asian-American… (read more)

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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)