Viet Thanh Nguyen

PREMIO PULITZER DE FICCIÓN 2016 Una brillante novela de espías, un thriller político que ofrece un punto de vista inédito de la guerra de Vietnam.Abril de 1975, Saigón está sumida en el caos. Desde su mansion, el general del ejercito de Vietnam del Sur bebe whisky norteamericano mientras los disparos suenan cada vez mas cerca y, con la ayuda de un capitan de su maxima confianza, prepara una lista con los nombres de aquellos que recibiran un billete para los ultimos aviones que salen del pais. El general y sus compatriotas en breve comenzaran una nueva vida en Los Angeles sin sospechar que uno de ellos, el capitan, observara en secreto e informara sobre las actividades del grupo a un superior del Viet Cong. En esta extraordinaria novela, Viet Thanh Nguyen nos introduce en la mente de este agente doble, un hombre cuyos nobles ideales le exigiran que traicione a su gente mas cercana. Una novela de espias que atrapa al lector, una audaz exploracion del extremismo politico y una conmovedora historia de amor. El simpatizante recorre una vida entre dos mundos y analiza el legado de la guerra de Vietnam en la literatura y el cine, asi como las guerras que emprendemos en el presente.

DER SYMPATHISANT

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.

DEPLACES

Après le retentissement international du Sympathisant, Viet Thanh Nguyen revient avec un essai remarquable et érudit sur la guerre, la mémoire et l'identité. Puisant dans sa propre histoire, celle d'

Viet Than Nguyen brosse le portrait tout en finesse de réfugiés dans un recueil de nouvelles époustouflantes de justesse.

In The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of immigration. The second piece of fiction by a major new voice, The Refugees is a beautifully written and sharply observed book about the aspirations of those who leave one country for another, and the relationships and desires for self-fulfillment that define our lives.

In January 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping entry to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dramatically cutting the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States each year. The American people spoke up, with protests, marches, donations, and lawsuits that quickly overturned the order. But the refugee caps remained. In The Displaced, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers to explore and illuminate the refugee experience. Featuring original essays by a collection of writers from around the world, The Displaced is an indictment of closing our doors, and a powerful look at what it means to be forced to leave home and find a place of refuge.

Autobiographie poignante de Viet Thanh Nguyen, entre exil vietnamien, intégration difficile aux États-Unis et hommage vibrant à ses parents et à tous les déracinés.

Fresque épique, reconstitution historique et œuvre politique, un premier roman à lampleur exceptionnelle, qui nous mène du Saigon de 1975 au Los Angeles des années 1980. Saisissant de réalisme et sou

Avril 1975, Saïgon est en plein chaos.À labri dune villa, entre deux whiskies, un général de larmée du Sud Vietnam et son capitaine dressent la liste de ceux à qui ils vont délivrer le plus précieux

Un évènement ! Tous nos parents auraient dû faire un film de leur vie. Du moins, mes parents auraient dû. Viet Than Nguyen a quatre ans quand sa famille fuit le Vietnam après loffensive communiste po

From the winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 2016 'A powerful antidote to all the fearmongering and lies out there ...A rich exploration of human identity, family ties and love and loss, never has a short story collection been timelier' ***** Five stars, the Independent In The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of immigration. The second piece of fiction by a major new voice, The Refugees is a beautifully written and sharply observed book about the aspirations of those who leave one country for another, and the relationships and desires for self-fulfillment that define our lives. An Amazon Best Book of the Month (Literature and Fiction) 'Nguyen's eight heart-wrenching and hopeful stories ought to be required reading for every politician in this era of wall-building and xenophobia' the Guardian 'With anger but not despair, with reconciliation but not unrealistic hope, and with genuine humour that is not used to diminish anyone, Nguyen has breathed life into many unforgettable characters, and given us a timely book focusing, in the words of Willa Cather, on "the slow working out of fate in people of allied sentiment and allied blood"' the Guardian 'Beautiful and heartrending' Joyce Carol Oates in the New Yorker '[A] superb collection ...exquisite stories ...Nguyen crafts dazzlingly lucid prose' the Observer 'Poignant ...Nguyen writes most movingly ...The form of the short story seems to come to Nguyen effortlessly' Financial Times

Un collectif décrivains réfugiés et reconnus dans le monde écrivant sur la vie des réfugiés.Les Déplacés est une série de témoignages décrivains qui ont été, à un moment de leur vie, des réfugiés. V

Toutes les guerres sont livrées deux fois, la première sur les champs de bataille et la seconde dans les mémoires. Après le retentissement international du Sympathisant, Viet Thanh Nguyen revient ave

In The Refugees, Viet Thanh Nguyen gives voice to lives led between two worlds, the adopted homeland and the country of birth. From a young Vietnamese refugee who suffers profound culture shock when he comes to live with two gay men in San Francisco, to a woman whose husband is suffering from dementia and starts to confuse her for a former lover, to a girl living in Ho Chi Minh City whose older half-sister comes back from America having seemingly accomplished everything she never will, the stories are a captivating testament to the dreams and hardships of immigration. The second piece of fiction by a major new voice, The Refugees is a beautifully written and sharply observed book about the aspirations of those who leave one country for another, and the relationships and desires for self-fulfillment that define our lives.

***WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016***WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL 2016WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN FICTION 2016A fierce novel written in a refreshingly high style and charged with intelligent rageFinancial TimesIt 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.A bold, artful and globally minded reimagining of the Vietnam war . . . The Sympathizer is an excellent literary novel, and one that ends, with unsettling present-day resonance, in a refugee boat where opposing ideas about intentions, actions and their consequences take stark and resilient human form the GuardianBeautifully written and meatyClaire Messud[A] remarkable debut novel . . . In its final chapters, The Sympathizer becomes an absurdist tour de force that might have been written by a Kafka or GenetNew York TimesThis debut is a page-turner (read: everybody will finish) that makes you reconsider the Vietnam War ... Nguyens darkly comic novel offers a point of view about American culture that weve rarely seenOprahs Book Club Suggestions

A voice that shakes the walls of the old literary comfort zone New Yorker Goes toe to toe with the original then surpasses it. A masterworkMarlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of a Brief History of Seven KillingsFierce and unrelentingly good. Hilarious and subversiveTommy Orange, New York Times bestselling author of There There------------------------------------Its the early 1980s and the Sympathizer arrives in Paris. As a refugee, he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their turbulent pasts by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. Falling in with left-wing intellectuals and politicians at dinner parties held by his French Vietnamese "aunt", he finds customers for his merchandise as well as stimulation for his mind. But this new life hes living has unforeseen dangers of oppression, addiction and the seemingly unresolvable paradox of reuniting his two closest friends, men whose world views stand them poles apart.The highly suspenseful sequel to The Sympathizer, both literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyens position in the firmament of American letters.

Entre el thriller literari i la novel·la didees. Del guanyador del premi Pulitzer amb El simpatitzant.«La seva habilitat pot comparar-se amb la de mestres com Conrad, Greene i Le Carré. Thriller i sà

La esperada secuela de El simpatizante, premio Pulitzer de ficción. Un trepidante thriller político heredero del mejor John le Carré, pero con el humor y la violencia de Quentin Tarantino. «Una obra