The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen (9781472151377)

Description - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

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Book Details

ISBN: 9781472151377
ISBN-10: 1472151372

Classification:
Fiction & related items »
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Format: Paperback / softback
(234mm x 156mm x mm)
Pages: 384
Imprint: Corsair
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publish Date: 5-Nov-2015
Country of Publication: United Kingdom

Other Editions - The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Hardback
(February 2016)

Paperback / softback
(April 2016)

The The Sympathizer: Hachette Essentials by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Paperback / softback
(June 2019)

Hardback

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This is an outstanding novel that deserves all the accolades and then some. It is so witty and cutting in it’s dissection of America’s attitude to the Vietnam War (or as the Vietnamese call it the American War). It is not just an anti-war novel but it is THE anti-Vietnam War novel bringing a perspective to the war, the conflict and it’s aftermath, that has been purposely ignored all these years.

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Author Biography - Viet Thanh Nguyen

Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. His stories have appeared in Best New American Voices, TriQuarterly, Narrative, and the Chicago Tribune and he is the author of the academic book Race and Resistance. He teaches English and American Studies at the University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles.

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