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…(read more)
Reviews
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…(read more)
De sympathisant is een belangrijk boek over de Vietnamoorlog
Hans Bouman reviews The Sympathizer for De Volkskrant. Dit was de eerste oorlog waarin de verliezers geschiedenis schreven in plaats van de overwinnaars, met…(read more)
Pacific Affairs Reviews Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Nguyễn Thị Điểu reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. Originally published by Pacific Affairs. Decades ago, at the end of…(read more)
Journal of American History on Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
Susan Southard from The Journal of American History reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever…(read more)
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…(read more)
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,…(read more)
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…(read more)
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…(read more)
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…(read more)
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…(read more)
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…(read more)
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…(read more)
Author provides voice for refugees
The NZ Herald reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s works The Sympathizer, The Refugees, and Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. The United States is…(read more)
Lettieri on Nguyen, ‘The Sympathizer: A Novel’
Antonella Lettieri reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. Originally published by H-Amstdy. A Man of Two Faces 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winner The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh…(read more)
Kieran on Nguyen, ‘Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War’
David Kieran review Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. Originally published by H-Amstdy. A New Politics of…(read more)
