After the Apocalypse
Christian Schroder reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer for Der Tagesspiegel. Tod auf dem Rollfeld: Viet Thanh Nguyen schickt in „Der Sympathisant“ einen Doppelagenten in den Vietnamkrieg. Das berühmte Schwarz-Weiß-Foto eines Hubschraubers, der auf dem Dach der amerikanischen Botschaft in Saigon Flüchtlinge aufnimmt, ist das Symbol einer Demütigung. Die größte Militärmacht der Welt hatte in Vietnam […]
Bill Gates’ favorite reads of 2017 include Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Sympathizer’ and Matthew Desmond’s ‘Evicted’
Michael Schaub for the Los Angeles Times reports on Bill Gates’ favorite books of 2017 Bill Gates made his name in the world of computers, but he’s also become known in the literary world as a not-so-secret book nerd. For the fifth year in a row, the Microsoft co-founder and prolific philanthropist has published a […]
These are the best books Bill Gates read in 2017
Thu-Huong Ha of Quartzy reports on the best books Bill Gates read which includes The Sympathizer. Bill Gates is branching out. Already well-known as an enthusiastic reader of big nonfiction books on economics, science, and technology, Gates is finding new ways to satiate his intellectual and emotional curiosity. His favorite books of those he read in […]
A fresh take on the Vietnam War
Bill Gates reflects on learning more about the Vietnamese experience on the Vietnam War through Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer on his blog, Gatesnotes. I didn’t know what to expect the first time I visited Vietnam. Although I’m a bit too young to have worried about my draft number, the Vietnam War cast a long […]
These Are Bill Gates’ Favorite 5 Books Of 2017
Igor Bosilkovski of Forbes writes on Bill Gates’ favorite books of 2017 including The Sympathizer. Harvard dropout, Microsoft cofounder, co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic organization and a verified bookworm, Bill Gates claims he’s been reading about one book a week on average since he was a kid. “Reading is my favorite way to indulge […]
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 […]
Spy with self-doubt
Danny Marques Marcalo reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by NDR. In vielen Büchern über den Vietnamkrieg geht es um die Erfahrungen amerikanischer Soldaten. In den USA hat vor zwei Jahren nun ein Roman aus vietnamesischer Perspektive für Furore gesorgt. Nun erscheint er auch in Deutschland. In “Der Sympathisant” erzählt Viet Thanh […]
Anika Entre Libros Reviews: The Sympathizer
Jorge Riet reviews The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen. Originally published by Anika Entre Libros. Argumento: “El simpatizante“, de Viet Thanh Nguyen, es una novela que narra las vicisitudes de un espía vietnamita desde los días de la evacuación de Saigón tras la caída de Vietnam del Sur, pasando por los meses de su exilio en los […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
William B. Noseworthy reviews Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. Originally published by AsianCha. Nothing Ever Dies is the latest installment in an extended project by Viet Thanh Nguyen—who is probably best-known for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Sympathizer—to provide an entirely new historical reading of the Vietnam Wars. As the […]
The Sympathizer wins the Sofitel Prize for Best Foreign Book
Livres Hebdo reports that The Sympathizer has won the Sofitel Prize for Best Foreign Book, in the category of the novel, for 2017. Le romancier américain Viet Thanh Nguyen a reçu le prix Sofitel du Meilleur livre étranger 2017 pour Le sympathisant (Belfond), tandis que le Franco-britannique Philippe Sands est sacré dans la catégorie essai pour Retour à […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen | Der Sympathisant
Review of The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen for Krimirezensionen. April 1975: Die revolutionären Truppen Nordvietnams erobern den Süden. Die Amerikaner ziehen sich überhastet zurück und gewähren einer kleinen Zahl privilegierter Einheimischer ebenfalls die Flucht. Mit dabei ist auch der Ich-Erzähler, Adjutant eines südvietnamesisichen Generals, aber in Wahrheit ein kommunistischer Spion. Er war ein wichtiger […]
The Secret to Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Overnight Success
In this phone interview for Electric Lit, Joe Fassler inquires about the decades of work it took to build up to Viet Thanh Nguyen’s recent success. The novelist seemed to go from unknown to MacArthur genius in two years. In truth, it took decades. This month, the novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen was awarded one of […]
Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses The Sympathizer and the Vietnam War in this interview with Robert Scheer of KCRW’s Scheer Intelligence. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses his acclaimed novel and the legacy of the Vietnam War. USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Sympathizer and is a 2017 MacArthur Fellow. […]
MacArthur Genius winner Viet Thanh Nguyen addresses UC Santa Cruz
Mairav Zonszein covers Viet Thanh Nguyen’s appearance at UC Santa Cruz’s Living Writers Series for the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Author and academic Viet Thanh Nguyen spoke at UC Santa Cruz Thursday night, telling the crowd of more than 200 his refugee story. The University of Southern California professor spoke just days after being awarded the […]
The Awl: An Interview with Viet Thanh Nguyen
An interview with Bryan Washington regarding refugee literature and American politics. Interview originally published on The Awl. This conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen took place a few days after he received a MacArthur “genius grant”. As the author of a Pulitzer prize-winning novel (The Sympathizer), and a collection of short stories (The Refugees), as well as a nonfiction work chronicling narratives of […]
