The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a “man of two minds,” a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. With the pace and suspense of a thriller and prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow, The Sympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer is the breakthrough novel of the year. Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize, a startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of the most remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive and idealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. “ remarkable debut novel.” -Philip Caputo, New York Times Book Review (cover review) Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction The Sympathizer, which is narrated by the unnamed spy, begins with the Communist takeover of South Vietnam in 1975 and then continues in Southern California among a group of die-hard exiles. Giving voice to the Vietnamese experience in the United States, Nguyen offers profound insights into the legacy of war and the politically and racially charged atmosphere of the 1970s.
Winner of the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Discusses 'The Sympathizer' And His Escape From Vietnam November 4, 20162:47 PM ET Heard on Fresh Air Nguyen and his family fled their village in South Vietnam in. The Sympathizer is not only a masterly espionage novel, but also a seminal work of 21st century American fiction. It is a best-selling novel and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer.
Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor Viet Thanh Nguyen.
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