Pulitzer Prize winner criticizes American and Vietnamese cultures
Correio Brasiliense and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss The Sympathizer in this interview for Cidadaverde.com. A Guerra do Vietnã durou quase 20 anos e deixou mais de três milhões de mortos de nacionalidade local. No entanto, boa parte da população americana costuma lembrar apenas dos 50 mil cidadãos americanos, a maioria militares mortos no conflito. O escritor […]
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 norteamericana sobre Vietnam escrita por alguien nacido en Vietnam. El simpatizante, de Viet Thanh Nguyen, ganó el Pulitzer con la historia de un refugiado, un espía, un inadaptado que escapa de […]
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 spion, en doet dat vilein en onvergetelijk. Wanneer we alle Vietnamese slachtoffers van de Vietnamoorlog op een rij zouden leggen, zou die rij 43 keer […]
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 “more” includes incisive and barbed observations about power games between nations, between East and West, and between individuals. The text, which is engrossing throughout, achieves […]
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 Vietnam fue origen de innumerables de libros y películas para los norteamericanos, para un escritor vietnamita fue la posibilidad de ganar el Pulitzer. Un “sueño americano” cumplido en la tierra de […]
Squid and Prejudice
Racist Sandwich interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen about his book and Vietnamese background. RS interviews Pulitzer Prize winning author and USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen about his new short story collection, what it was like working at his parents’ Vietnamese grocery store, and why he doesn’t write for white readers. Produced by Juan Ramirez. Music by […]
Autor de ‘O simpatizante’ diz que usa projeção do Pulitzer para falar de guerra, migração e política
Alessandro Giannini interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for O Globo. SÃO PAULO — Ganhador do Pulitzer de ficção no ano passado com seu romance de estreia, “O simpatizante” (que a Alfaguara lançou no Brasil no fim do mês passado), o professor e escritor Viet Thanh Nguyen publicou um novo livro — uma reunião de contos batizada “The […]
History is Not Over: An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
In this interview for The Common, Alexander Bisley and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss The Sympathizer and the refugee crisis. Author Viet Thanh Nguyen is on a hot streak. Since winning a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for The Sympathizer, his nonfiction collection Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War and this year’s short-story collection The Refugees have amassed acclaim. In an ultimately […]
‘Fiquei antonito’, revela escritor vietnamita vencedor do Pulitzer
Paulo Nogueira discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for Estadao. Viet Thanh Nguyen, autor de ‘O Simpatizante’, fala sobre como foi crescer distante de sua pátria Viet Thanh Nguyen, como seu nome entrega, nasceu no Vietnã em 1970, mas vive desde os quatro anos nos EUA, onde é professor de literatura […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s War Years
Josh Koehn and Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer in this interview for MetroActive. How the Pulitzer Prize winner found his voice, made peace with San Jose Viet Thanh Nguyen won his war with San Jose. It was up to him to finalize the terms of the truce. Before this could occur, of course, […]
Books & Co. 2007 Viet Thanh Nguyen
Alberto Rios discusses The Refugees with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for PBS. Nguyen comes back with a breathtaking collection of short stories, reflecting the complex lives that immigrants have to undertake, and their aspirations to “make it” in another country. From the streets of Ho Chi Ming to the avenues of San Jose, […]
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 double : cette épopée mi-tragique, mi-burlesque, premier roman d’un jeune écrivain américain d’origine vietnamienne, a été couronnée du prix Pulitzer 2016. Viet Thanh Nguyen a une double origine : né au […]
Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen: from refugee to renowned author
Terry Nguyen interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for The Daily Trojan. Tucked away on the fourth floor of Taper Hall, Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen’s office is lined with shelves and shelves of books. For a longtime lover of literature and an English professor who has taught at USC for 20 years, the scene is not out of […]
“No Excuses”: An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
David Haeselin interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for Post45 ahead of the 48th Annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference. Viet Thanh Nguyen‘s writing invites the reader to cross borders; his fiction and his criticism each offer complex ways to understand why humans draw so many boundaries between themselves and others. Nguyen came to US as a war refugee when […]
International Dublin Literary Award: 2017 Shortlist – General Press Release
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer on the shortlist for the 2017 International Dublin Literary Award. Originally published by The Dublin Literary Award. 2017 Shortlist – General Press Release The International DUBLIN Literary Award 1 Irish author, 6 novels in translation on the shortlist Tuesday 11th April 2017: 10 novels have been shortlisted for the 2017 […]
