Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Reviews

Reviews

A series of reviews and articles referring to Viet’s written works.

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Spanish cover

Buenos Aires Herald on The Sympathizer

Nicolás Meyer reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by Buenos Aires Herald.  Here’s a superlative novel about espionage, ideology, identity, war, race,

American Storyteller

Eric Bennett of Public Books writes about Viet Nguyen’s The Refugees, alongside musings on other authors and their work(s), including Ottessa Moshfegh, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Junot Díaz, Roxane Gay,

Sight Magazine: The Refugees

David Adams of Australia’s Sight Magazine writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees. In the aftermath of the Vietnam War, hundreds of thousands

Singapore Unbound: The Refugees

Andrea Yew of Singapore Unbound examines the themes of identity, displacement, and trauma in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees. In a time characterized by political instability and

La lucidesa bastarda d’un home escindit

Pere Antoni Pons reviews The Sympathizer for ARA. El primer que sabem del narrador protagonista d’ El simpatitzant, eldebut novel·lístic del nord-americà d’origen vietnamita Viet Thanh Nguyen, guardonat

Vrienden in Vietnam

Annemarie van Niekerk reviews The Sympathizer for Truow. Je hoeft niet over een kristallen bol te beschikken om te kunnen voorspellen dat er onder de

Cover of The Refugees by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Dawn: The Refugees

Dawn’s Hurmat Kazmi reviews the short stories within Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees, and comments on its timely publishing. Had he not deservedly won the

Ny Tid Reviews The Refugees

Birgitte Gustava Røthe Bjørnøy of Ny Tid reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees, noting the well-timed and universality of its themes. Reportes Without Borders kunne i desember

Back to school: Vietnam at both ends

Philippe Chevilley reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. Originally published on Les Echos. La guerre du Vietnam revue et corrigée par un étonnant agent double

The shock of Pulitzer

Francois Lestavel reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen and the Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead. Originally published by Paris Match.  Deux romanciers passent l’histoire

Les Lettres Françaises

Telerama: The Sympathizer Review

Nathalie Crom reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published on Telerama.  1975, chute de Saigon. Un agent double fuit aux Etats-Unis et se