Complete fiction: why ‘the short story renaissance’ is a myth
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Refugees is listed as a notable short story collection in this article for The Guardian. Article by Chris Power originally published by The Guardian. In 2017, almost 50% more short story collections were sold than in the previous year. It was the best year for short stories since 2010. Booksellers are […]
Pulitzer Prize Winner Viet Thanh Nguyen Talks Parking Lots and Refugees at The Egyptian
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer and refugees at The Egyptian Theatre. Original article by Harrison Berry published on Boise Weekly. On stage before a packed house at the Egyptian Theatre Tuesday evening, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and MacArthur Grant recipient Viet Thanh Nguyen spoke of his obsession with displaced people. “I am a refugee—was a refugee,” he said. “It’s a distinction […]
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the struggles of being a refugee in America
David Canfield of Entertainment Weekly offers an exclusive excerpt of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s introduction to The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, to be released on April 10th. For his next project, acclaimed author Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer) has taken on the role of editor. Nguyen has edited the upcoming essay collection The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, […]
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the struggles of being a refugee in America
Entertainment Weekly discusses Viet Thanh Nguyen’s role as editor for The Displaced. Article by David Canfield originally published by Entertainment Weekly. For his next project, acclaimed author Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer) has taken on the role of editor. Nguyen has edited the upcoming essay collection The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives, which includes 17 refugee […]
USC Visions and Voices – A Conversation with John Cho and Viet Thanh Nguyen
John Cho and Viet Thanh Nguyen discuss Asian-American identity during this USC Visions and Voices event. A timely conversation on race, representation, and the arts between actor John Cho (Better Luck Tomorrow, American Pie, Harold & Kumar, and Star Trek) and Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen(The Sympathizer). Exploring their overlapping interests in film, literature, and Asian American representation, Cho […]
An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
Michael LeMahieu and Angela Naimou interview Viet Thanh Nguyen about his novels for Contemporary Literature. VIET THANH NGUYEN Conducted by Michael LeMahieu and Angela Naimou Viet Thanh Nguyen is on a roll. In 2015, he published his first novel, The Sympathizer (Grove); it won the Pulitzer Prize and France’s Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger. In […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen Is The Pro-Refugee Voice America Needs To Hear
The Huffington Post’s Claire Fallon interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen as a 2017 MacArthur Fellow and prolific author of Vietnamese-American experiences. “Those of us who are refugees and immigrants or who support them, we have to use every tool at our disposal, including our writing.” When it comes to the Vietnam War, Vietnamese refugees in America […]
Le Devoir Reviews The Sympathizer
Christian Desmeules writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer for the French-language and Montreal-based publication, Le Devoir. Depuis l’évacuation de Saigon en 1975 et les derniers jours de la république du Vietnam jusqu’au tournage du film Apocalypse Now à la fin de la même décennie, Viet Thanh Nguyen emprunte une perspective américaine plutôt rare sur la guerre du […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen takes revenge on Coppola
Florence Noiville asks Viet Thanh Nguyen about The Sympathizer and his refugee background in this interview for Livres. Une queue à n’en plus finir. Qui serpente sur le quai Saint-Michel et tourne dans la rue de la Bûcherie. Il y a là des touristes anglophones, Américains, Australiens. Et aussi des Vietnamiens, comme cette dame voûtée […]
Spionagethriller „Der Sympathisant“
von C. Läpple reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by heutejournal. Viet Thanh Nguyen kam als Kind mit seiner vietnamesischen Familie als Flüchtling in die USA. Mit seinem ersten Roman will er die amerikanisch geprägte Sichtweise des Vietnamkrieges brechen und erhielt dafür 2016 den Pulitzer-Preis.
Viet Thanh Nguyen a «Letterature» Lasciare casa, per trovarne una
Luca Briasco for Corriere Della Sera sits down with Viet Thanh Nguyen at the International Literature Festival of Rome Il testo inedito che il premio Pulitzer leggerà giovedì 13 luglio alla XVI edizione del Letterature Festival Internazionale di Roma, ideato e diretto da Maria Ida Gaeta. Pubblichiamo il testo che lo scrittore Viet Thanh Nguyen […]
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 dank aan de efficiëntste propagandamachine die ooit was gemaakt.’ Aldus de naamloze verteller in De sympathisant van de Amerikaans-Vietnamese schrijver Viet Thanh Nguyen. En inderdaad: in de jaren na de smadelijke […]
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, guardonat amb el Pulitzer de ficció 2016, és que és “un espia, un agent secret, un agent dorment, un home amb dues cares”. I ho sabem perquè ell mateix és obligat a explicar-ho: […]
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 de talloze vluchtelingen die nu de Middellandse Zee oversteken ook potentiële schrijvers zitten die binnen enkele decennia stem zullen geven aan hun ervaringen. Die toekomstige migrantauteurs hebben een voorganger in Viet […]
A Refugee Crisis in a World of Open Doors
Viet Thanh Nguyen reviews Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West for The New York Times. You own a house or rent an apartment. You live with your family or by yourself. You wake in the morning and drink your coffee or tea. You drive a car or a motorbike, or perhaps you take the bus. You go to work […]
