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Item Details
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THE SYMPATHIZER
A NOVEL (PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION) |
| By: |
Associate Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity Viet Thanh Nguyen |
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Hardback |
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£17.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0802123457 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780802123459 |
| Publisher: |
GROVE PRESS / ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
7 April, 2015 |
| Description: |
The story of a South Vietnamese captain--a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America--who returns to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. |
| Synopsis: |
The winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as six 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. |
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US |
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Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Prizes: |
Winner of ALA Notable Books (Fiction) 2016
Winner of Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence (Fiction) 2016
Winner of Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize 2015
Commended for Literary Award (Debut Fiction) 2016
Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Mystery/Thriller) 2015
Short-listed for Edgar Allan Poe Awards (First Novel) 2016 |
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Non-returnable |
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