Tag: Apocalypse Now

A Vietnamese haunting in America

Andy Kerstetter of Idaho Mountain Express discusses The Sympathizer and Viet Thanh Nguyen’s experiences as a young refugee. No matter what he did, Viet Thanh Nguyen has always felt a pervasive sense of haunting—not

A double agent in Vietnam

A review of The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen originally published on WAZ.  Für das sich Anfang der 80er Jahre formierende Theater an der Ruhr waren die Filme des New

Torn in Two by War and Friendship

Chris Cummins reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published on FM4.  Hilarious, devastating and gripping, Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Sympathizer, published this month in

Viet Thanh Nguyen: Apokalypse für Nicht-Amerikaner

Sacha Verna interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for Der Standard. Der vietnamesisch-amerikanische Autor hat einen Spionageroman über den Vietnamkrieg geschrieben, der als Satire und Analyse zur Gegenwart passt. Der namenlose Ich-Erzähler im

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Dutch Cover

King Cong

Graa Boomsma reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by De Groene Amsterdammer.  In de nieuwe Vietnam-roman van Viet Thanh Nguyen zijn het nu eens de Amerikanen met

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 woord nu eens aan een Vietnamese

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen, Spanish cover

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, race, friendship, guilt and more. The

Book Lust with Nancy Pearl

The following interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen was conducted by Nancy Pearl for her show “Book Lust” and can be seen on Seattle Channel. Nancy Pearl: Hello and welcome to Book