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Alta | 25 Books That Define California

The Sympathizer makes Alta’s “25 Books That Define California” list as its portrayal of Hollywood and California is one not to be missed. It could have been called so many

Alta | Event Recap: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen, special guests Don McKellar and Rumaan Alam, and host John Freeman engaged in a rousing discussion of The Sympathizer, voice, adaptation, and belonging. You will never

Alta | Defying the Scripts of Empire

When writing his magnificent debut novel, The Sympathizer, the January California Book Club selection, and other books, author Viet Thanh Nguyen refused to capitulate to the fate colonial forces laid out

Alta | Cerebral Passions

Critic Anna E. Clark examines Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer, dubbing it a thriller of ideas. Anne E. Clark Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer belongs to a prized little subgenre of fiction: the

Alta | Double Play in ‘The Sympathizer’

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s first novel arises out of a vast archive of literature, including Asian American, African American, immigrant, and postcolonial writing. By Walton Muyumba Dustin Snipes The Vietnam War is

Alta | Issue 30 | Q&A: A Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is the California Book Club’s January 2025 selection. By David L. Ulin and Photo by Dustin Snipes. Published: Dec 12, 2024 Dustin Snipes Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2015 debut novel, The Sympathizer, is

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Alta | True Confessions

Vanessa Hua reviews The Committed for Alta Online. Are white people ever referred to as inscrutable?” asks the narrator of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s new novel, The Committed. “No, you would say