| The Sympathizer: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) Contributor(s): Nguyen, Viet Thanh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802124941 ISBN-13: 9780802124944 Publisher: Grove Press OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Asian American - Fiction | Thrillers - Espionage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.2" H x 5.4" W x 8" (0.82 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction "[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. |