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A series of reviews and articles referring to Viet’s written works.
Brian Bethune reviews Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War for Maclean’s. Memory is much on our minds now in regard to war,
Donna Seaman reviews Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War for Booklist. Nguyen’s debut novel, The Sympathizer (2015), a complex tale of the
Randy Boyagoda reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel, The Sympathizer, for The Guardian. This hot and sprawling tale captures the horror and absurdity of the Vietnam
A compelling spy story, a black comedy, a war story, The Sympathizer is also a piercing, revealing look at American attitudes to Asia and Asians.
Joshua Wallace of the Library Journal reviews Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. What does it mean to remember a war? Nguyen
Kirkus Reviews calls Viet’s new book “powerful,” in the first pre-publication review of Nothing Ever Dies, coming out in April from Harvard University Press. A
Declan Burke features The Sympathizer on their list of crime fiction reviews. Read the rest of the article on The Irish Times.The Sympathizer (Corsair, €28.50),
Lawrence Osborne reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. Originally published by The Financial Times. The literature of the Vietnam war is curious in its incompleteness. On
Lee Xin En reviews The Sympathizer for The Straits Times. American-born Vietnamese writer (correction: Vietnamese-born, Vietnamese-American writer) Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel on the Vietnam
Robert Speer reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, The Sympathizer, for Chico News & Review. There have been many superb books set against the backdrop of
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer is featured at the top of Fresh Air critic John Power’s list of media he wishes he had reviewed
Viet Nguyen’s debut novel The Sympathizer is reviewed by Cecilia Quirk of the Melbourne Review of Books. The Vietnam War, it will be no news
CG praises Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel, The Sympathizer, in their review for The Saturday Paper. “The best kind of truth,” observes the narrator of The
Cameron Woodhead of the Sydney Morning Herald reviews The Sympathizer. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is a brilliant tragicomedy on the Vietnam War and its aftermath. The
Pat C. Hoy II reviews Viet Nguyen’s novel The Sympathizer for The Sewanee Review literary magazine. This review appeared in volume 123, Fall 2015. I have a
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