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Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of â€œThe Sympathizer,â€� awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. His most recent book, â€œTo Save and to Destroy,â€� explores the idea of being an outsider. He is also the author of the short story collection â€œThe Refugees;â€� the nonfiction book â€œNothing Ever Dies,â€� a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award; the children's book â€œSimoneâ€� along with illustrator Minnie Phan; the sequel to â€œThe Sympathizer,â€� â€œThe Committed;â€� the nonfiction book â€œA Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial,â€� longlisted for the National Book Award; and is the editor of an anthology of refugee writing, â€œThe Displaced,â€� as well as a co-editor of ...more

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	The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 130,116 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Refugees 3.87 avg rating — 21,481 ratings — published 2017 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Committed (The Sympathizer, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 11,455 ratings — published 2021 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial 4.32 avg rating — 2,838 ratings — published 2023 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author) (Editor), David Bezmozgis (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author) (Contributor), Thi Bui (Contributor) 4.36 avg rating — 2,245 ratings — published 2018 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War 4.06 avg rating — 1,301 ratings — published 2018 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Simone by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author), Minnie Phan (Illustrator) 4.36 avg rating — 276 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chicken of the Sea by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author), Ellison Nguyen, Thi Bui (illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black-Eyed Women by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ Author), Akhil Sharma (Foreword) 4.05 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other 4.22 avg rating — 77 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Viet Nguyen answered Lila Adhikari's question: I bought The Sympathizer as gift but ended up keeping it myself. Besides not daring to do same with The Committed, what would you tell someone planning to read it next? :) Thanks sorry for the delay! If you've already read The Committed, then A Man of Two Faces
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Viet Nguyen answered Cameron Redfern's question: I read Fatherland in my writing class bought the book. Than decided to buy Nothing Ever Dies, I got my mom to read The Sympathsizer, she loved it . My question is when we meet Man in the book , she is described as a woman , later she is referred to as he when the narrator and Boon are talking about Blood Brothers, I was wondering Why ? and thank you for your wonderful and thought provoking works I don't recall doing that, so it mus be an error
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Viet Nguyen rated a book it was amazing Troubling Borders: An Anthology of Art and Literature by Southeast Asian Women in the Diaspora by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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