Ploughshares Reviews The Refugees
Ploughshares‘ Yasmin Majeed writes a review on Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees and Mai Der Vang’s Afterland, exploring both as a ghost story. “When…(read more)
Reviews
Kurier Reviews The Sympathizer
Peter Pisa writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer for the Vienna-based newspaper, Kurier. Ein junger Mann hat uns mitgenommen, er ist…(read more)
Refugee History: The Refugees
Dr Trudi Tate of Refugee History writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees, his award-winning collection of short stories. The war in…(read more)
The impassive Vietnamese
Por Rodrigo Fresan reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by Pagina 12. Si algo faltaba, acaba de llegar: la primera novela…(read more)
Now the Vietnamese team breaks out
Auke Hulst reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by NRC. Over de Vietnamoorlog is vooral verteld vanuit de Amerikaan. De sympathisant geeft het…(read more)
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,…(read more)
Culturamas Reviews: Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Sympathizer
Juliano Ortiz reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by Culturamas. Si la derrota que no fue derrota de la Guerra de…(read more)
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)
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)
