Viet Thanh Nguyen - 2014 - The Sympathizer (Fiction)

The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen - 2014

A Novel







By: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Narrated by: Francois Chau

Series: The Sympathizer books

Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 12-28-14

Categories: Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Asian American, Espionage

Language: English

Publisher: Audible Studios

Format: mp3 64/48 stereo







Pulitzer Prize, Fiction, 2016



A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.



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.



©2015 Viet Thanh Nguyen. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2015 Audible, Inc.











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