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.
The Sympathisant: how Americans deal with the Vietnam War
Ingrid Hoogervorst reviews The Essex Monster by Sarah Perry, Honkvast by Steffie van den Oord, and The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by NPO Radio1. In de Nieuwsshow bespreekt een recensent elke week drie boeken in de Boekenrubriek. Deze week is de beurt aan schrijfster Ingrid Hoogervorst. Hoogervorst studeerde Nederlands en Cultuurfilosofie en was van 1979 tot 1991 lerares Nederlands. […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen: the Vietnam War and the Opposition of Perspectives
Miguel Fernandes Duarte reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by Comunidade Cultura e Arte. A Guerra do Vietname, como lhe chamam os Americanos, ou a Guerra dos Americanos, como lhe chamam os Vietnamitas, opôs o Vietname do Norte, apoiado fundamentalmente pela União Soviética e pela República Popular da China, ao Vietname do Sul, […]
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 een bijrol. Dit biedt een nieuwe kijk op de oorlog alsook ‘een fascinerend literair labyrint’. In de Nederlandse literatuur raakt met Alfred Birney’s niemand ontziende De tolk […]
The Silent Vietnamese
This German interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen was originally published by Focus Magazine.
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Ghosts
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses the Vietnam War, the writing life, and the archaeology of memory with Josephine Livingstone for New Republic. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author discusses the Vietnam War, the writing life, and the archaeology of memory. “All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.” Thus opens […]
El Imparcial Review – Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Sympathizer
Paulo Garcia Conde reviews The Sympathizer By Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by El Imparcial. Traducción de Javier Calvo. Seix Barral, 2017. Barcelona. 22 €. Libro electrónico: 11,99 €. Con esta novela, el escritor vietnamita afincado en Estados Unidos se alzó con el Premio Pulitzer 2016. Una visión tan novedosa como estimulante, de jugosa lectura, […]
The restless memories of Viet Thanh Nguyen
João Céu e Silva reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by Diario de Noticias. É pouco habitual nos romances que vão surgindo nas livrarias existir a tensão que O Simpatizante provoca no leitor. A guerra que dá início ao romance O Simpatizante teve início no ano de 1946, com o fim da […]
Público: Vietnam, a moral tragicomedy
Isabel Lucas interviews Viet Thanh Nguyen for Público. Um narrador anónimo carrega a ambiguidade de se sentir entre o bem e o mal, o Ocidente e o Oriente. O Simpatizante traz essa contradição. É o romance de estreia de Viet Thanh Nguyen e venceu o Pulitzer em 2016. Uma sátira de espionagem. Viet Thahn Nguyen tinha dez […]
Yesterday’s wars continued
Uzair M. Younas reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published on The News on Sunday. While the war in Vietnam has ended and Vietnamese refugees and immigrants have found their place in America; Syrians, Iraqis, and Afghans are today’s silent performers. “I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen: between two worlds
In this interview for Rai Cultura, Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer. Video Interview Il Capitano al centro del romanzo Il simpatizzante di Viet Thanh Nguyen, tradotto da Luca Briasco per Neri Pozza, vive immerso nella duplicità: in primo luogo perché fa la talpa al servizio dei Viet Cong tra i vietnamiti filoamericani, poi perché l’America dove […]
FAHRENHEIT Book of the day of 12/07/2017 – Viet Thanh Nguyen, The sympathizer, Neri Pozza
Fahrenheit discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview.
“Do not believe Coppola the real Vietnam I’ll tell it”
Annarita Briganti discusses The Sympathizer with Viet Thanh Nguyen in this interview for La Repubblica. DA PROFUGO a Premio Pulitzer. La storia di Viet Thanh Nguyen, classe ‘71, primo vietnamita- americano a vincere il prestigioso riconoscimento, è un romanzo a parte. L’autore di Il simpatizzante (Neri Pozza, traduzione dall’inglese di Luca Briasco), quarantamila copie vendute solo […]
Kurier Reviews The Sympathizer
Peter Pisa writes a review of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer for the Vienna-based newspaper, Kurier. Ein junger Mann hat uns mitgenommen, er ist der Berater für vietnamesische Authentizität. Seine Mutter war Vietnamesin, er arbeitete in Saigon für den CIA, ehe er zu Kriegsende nach Amerika flüchten musste. Viel lässt ihn Coppola ja nicht korrigieren. […]
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 […]
