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The Sympathizer : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) by Nguyen, Viet Thanh is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Sympathizer : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) about?
A layered immigrant tale told in the wry, confessional voice of a "man of two minds" - and two countries, Vietnam and the United States.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."The great achievement of The Sympathizer is that it gives the Vietnamese a voice and demands that we pay attention... There are so many passages to admire. Mr.
Who reads The Sympathizer : A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Nguyen, Viet Thanh
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802191694
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (23,709 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14