The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

Author	Viet Thanh Nguyen
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Historical
Published	2015 (Grove Atlantic)
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	384
ISBN	978-0-8021-9169-4

The Sympathizer^[1] is a first novel by Vietnamese American professor Viet Thanh Nguyen.^[2] It is a best-selling novel,^[3] has been widely reviewed,^{[4][5][6][7][8]} and was named a New York Times Editor's Choice.^[9] It has been reviewed twice in The New York Times.^[10][11] It was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. ^[12]

Set as the flashback in a coerced confession of a political prisoner, the book tells the story of the fall of the South Vietnamese government in 1975, and subsequent events in American exile in Los Angeles, through the eyes of a half-Vietnamese undercover communist agent.^[13] The novel is full of insights into history and human nature.^[6] A Vietnamese reviewer noted that finally Americans have a chance to gain a new perspective on the war, one that is in contrast to the one provided by Hollywood myth makers.^[14]

Awards

• 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize^[15]
• 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, winner^[16]
• 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction^[12]

Notes and references

1. Nguyen,Viet Thanh (2015). The Sympathizer. New York: Grove. ISBN 978-0-8021-2345-9.
2. Nguyen is also the author of the academic book, Race and Resistance. His shorty stories have appeared in Best New American Voices, TriQuarterly, Narrative, and the Chicago Tribune. "Vu Tran – Dragonfish: About Our Act 2 Co-host Authors". Late Night Library. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015.
3. "The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen". Los Angeles Times. May 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
4. "A Dark, Funny — And Vietnamese — Look At The Vietnam War". National Public Radio (NPR). 11 April 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2015.
5. Gelt, Jessica (10 April 2015). "Viet Thanh Nguyen tackles Vietnam War's aftermath in 'The Sympathizer'". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 11 April 2015.
6. "The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Author". Publishers Weekly. 12 January 2015. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015.
7. Charles, Ron (23 April 2015). "Viet Thanh Nguyen's 'The Sympathizer' is a Vietnam War classic". Newsday. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015., originally appeared in The Washington Post; Beer, Tom (26 March 2015). "10 new books not to miss in April". Newsday. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015.
8. "Nguyen, Viet Thanh, The Sympathizer". Library Journal. 15 April 2015., Hoffort, Barbara (22 March 2015). "Spring Best Debuts: First Novels". Archived from the original on 9 September 2015.
9. "Sunday Book Review: Editors’ Choice". The New York Times. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
10. Caputo, Philip (2 April 2015). "‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 5 April 2015., in print on 5 April 2015, on the cover, page BR1, of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: "Apocalypse Then"
11. Lyall, Sarah (27 August 2015). "Review: ‘The Sympathizer,’ a Novel About a Soldier, Spy and Film Consultant". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015., in print on 28 August 2015, on page C9 of the New York edition with the headline: "Soldier, Spy, Movie Consultant".
12. "The Pulitzer Prizes on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
13. Fassler, Joe (7 July 2015). "For Readers, Writing Is a Process of ‘Emotional Osmosis’". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 8 July 2015.
14. "Tháng tư và câu chuyện khác nhau của hai người Mỹ gốc Việt". Công an Long An (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 20 October 2015.
15. "The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen Wins Center For Fiction's 2015 First Novel Prize". Booktrade.
16. ""The Sympathizer," "Hold Still," receive 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction" (Press release). Boston: American Library Association. PR Newswire. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016.

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