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PublisherGROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated

ISBN-100802123457

ISBN-139780802123459

eBay Product ID (ePID)204302078

Product Key Features

Book TitleSympathizer : a Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicWar & Military, Thrillers / Espionage, Literary, Asian American, Historical

Publication Year2015

GenreFiction

AuthorViet Thanh Nguyen

Book SeriesThe Sympathizer Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight23.3 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2015-375327

Reviews"Magisterial. A disturbing, fascinating and darkly comic take on the fall of Saigon and its aftermath, and a powerful examination of guilt and betrayal. The Sympathizer is destined to become a classic and redefine the way we think about the Vietnam War and what it means to win and to lose."— T.C. Boyle Trapped in endless civil war, the man who has two minds" tortures and is tortured as he tries to meld the halves of his country and of himself. Viet Thanh Nguyen accomplishes this integration in a magnificent feat of storytelling. The Sympathizer is a novel of literary, historical, and political importance."— Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Fifth Book of Peace It is a strong, strange and liberating joy to read this book, feeling with each page that a broken world is being knitted back together, once again whole and complete. As far as I am concerned, Viet Thanh Nguyen's The Sympathizer —both a great American novel and a great Vietnamese novel—will close the shelf on the literature of the Vietnam War."— Bob Shacochis, author of The Woman Who Lost Her Soul Read this novel with care; it is easy to read, wry, ironic, wise, and captivating, but it could change not only your outlook on the Vietnam War, but your outlook on what you believe about politics and ideology in general. It does what the best of literature does, expands your consciousness beyond the limitations of your body and individual circumstances."— Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War Not only does Viet Thanh Nguyen bring a rare and authentic voice to the body of American literature generated by the Vietnam War, he has created a book that transcends history and politics and nationality and speaks to the enduring theme of literature: the universal quest for self, for identity. The Sympathizer is a stellar debut by a writer of depth and skill."— Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain The Sympathizer is a remarkable and brilliant book. By turns harrowing, and cut through by shards of unexpected and telling humor, this novel gives us the conflict in Vietnam, and its aftermath, in a way that is deeply truthful, and vitally important."— Vincent Lam, author of Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures and The Headmaster's Wager Audaciously and vividly imagined. A compelling read."— Andrew X. Pham, author of Catfish and Mandala I think I'd have to go all the way back to Nabokov's Humbert Humbert to find the last narrative voice that so completely conked me over the head and took me prisoner. Nguyen and his unnamed protagonist certainly have made a name for themselves with one of the smartest, darkest, funniest books you'll read this year."— David Abrams, author of Fobbit

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisNow an HBO Limited Seriesfrom Executive Producers Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr., StreamingExclusively on Max Winner of the 2016Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner of the 2016 EdgarAward for Best First Novel Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medalfor Excellence inFiction One of the New York Times 's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century Oneof TIME 's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of AllTime "[A] remarkable debut novel."--PhilipCaputo, New York Times Book Review (coverreview) Winner of the 2016 PulitzerPrize, a startling debut novel from a powerful new voice featuring one of themost remarkable narrators of recent fiction: a conflicted subversive andidealist working as a double agent in the aftermath of the VietnamWar. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize forFiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer isthe breakthrough novel of the year. With the pace and suspense of a thrillerand prose that has been compared to Graham Greene and Saul Bellow, TheSympathizer is a sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, acommunist double agent, is a "man of two minds," a half-French, half-Vietnamesearmy captain who arranges to come to America after the Fall of Saigon, andwhile building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles issecretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration ofidentity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of loveand friendship., The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer is the breakthrough novel of the year. 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 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. The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship., Now an HBO Limited Series from Executive Producers Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr., Streaming Exclusively on Max Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winner of the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel Winner of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction One of the New York Times 's 100 Best Books of the 21st Century One of TIME 's 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books of All Time "[A] remarkable debut novel."--Philip Caputo, New York Times Book Review (cover review) 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. The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as seven other awards, The Sympathizer is the breakthrough novel of the year. 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 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. The Sympathizer is a blistering exploration of identity and America, a gripping espionage novel, and a powerful story of love and friendship.

LC Classification NumberPS3614.G97S96 2015