Tag: review

Library Journal Gives The Refugees a Starred Review

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s upcoming collection of stories,  The Refugees, is reviewed in the November 2016 issue of the Library Journal. Although publishing 10 months after Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for The

Refugee Pain: A Review of The Refugees

Rupert Winchester of The Mekong Review reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s newest short story collection, The Refugees (Grove Press: Feb 2017). When Viet Thanh Nguyen rocketed into the global literary pantheon

The Straits Times Reviews The Sympathizer

Lee Xin En reviews The Sympathizer for The Straits Times. American-born Vietnamese writer (correction: Vietnamese-born, Vietnamese-American writer) Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel on the Vietnam War is a sorely needed,

Toronto Star: Review of The Sympathizer

James Grainger of the Toronto Star reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, The Sympathizer. The unnamed narrator of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s astounding debut novel, The Sympathizer, will be compared to the morally exhausted

The Moderate Voice Reviews The Sympathizer

Shaun Mullen of The Moderate Voice reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, The Sympathizer. The analogy is imperfect, but will suffice: The Sympathizer, the remarkable debut novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen,

Booklist Gives The Sympathizer Starred Review

Booklist Online‘s Bryce Christensen gave Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel a starred review. Adept in the merciless art of interrogation, the nameless spy who narrates Nguyen’s dark novel knows how

Kirkus Gives The Sympathizer Starred Review

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s debut novel The Sympathizer is featured in Kirkus Reviews Feb 1, 2015 issue. A closely written novel of after-the-war Vietnam, when all that was solid melted into

Library Journal Reviews The Sympathizer

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer is featured on Barbara’s Picks for the Library Journal.   After a long, long war, April 1975 saw the fall of Saigon—or its liberation, if