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A man of two faces: Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen returns with ‘The Committed’ • FRANCE 24 English

November 16, 2021

Viet Thanh Nguyen shares the forces that shaped his Franco-Viet protagonist with France 24. His tragicomic narrator dazzled the literary scene in his debut novel “The Sympathizer”, winning Viet Thanh Nguyen

Asian Americans facing an onslaught of hate

April 15, 2021

Viet Thanh Nguyen gives insight into the history of Asian American violence for France 24. Last month’s deadly shooting in the US city of Atlanta has put the spotlight on

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and Vietnam war refugee Nguyen on US identity

September 1, 2017

Eve Jackson and Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer as well as the Hollywood-isation of the Vietnam War for France 24. From ‘Apocalypse Now’ to ‘Platoon’, from Graham Greene’s