Winner of the Pulitzer Prize

Reviews

Reviews

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

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The Masters Review: The Sympathizer

The Masters Review‘s Alisha Gorder reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel, The Sympathizer. With The Sympathizer, available now from Grove Press, debut author Viet Thanh

Protagonist, Antagonist, Sympathizer, Spy

Megan Galbraith of Consequence Magazine reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. I’m not going to lie; The Sympathizer is a challenging read. It is also a

Bookforum Reviews The Sympathizer

Lisa Locascio of Bookforum reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel The Sympathizer. From the grand ’Nam narratives of ’70s cinema to the works of creative-writing-syllabus

8Books Review of The Sympathizer

Lily Wong of 8asians reviews The Sympathizer. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s expertly and cunningly crafted debut novel The Sympathizer dictates a confession in the years after the

Spy vs. History

The New Inquiry‘s Grayson Clary reviews The Sympathizer. “Indochina” is a poor toponym, violent in its imprecision, but Indochina is the specialized name for a

A Crime of Dispassion: ‘The Sympathizer’

Henri Lipton of ZYZZYVA literary journal reviews The Sympathizer. In schools throughout the country, American children and teenagers tend to learn about the Vietman War—and

Toronto Star: Review of The Sympathizer

James Grainger of the Toronto Star reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, The Sympathizer. The unnamed narrator of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s astounding debut novel, The Sympathizer, will be