The Sympathizer

Name: The Sympathizer
ISBN: 9780802123459

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Dayton Literary · 2016 · WinnerPEN/Faulkner Award · 2016 · Shortlist

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Grove PressApril 7, 2015Literary Fiction Historical FictionISBN 9780802123459

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
Dayton Literary Peace Prize – Fiction	2016	Winner	“The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction in 2016.”
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction	2016	Shortlist	“The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2016.”

About This Book

A darkly comic novel narrated by a communist spy embedded in the South Vietnamese army, who flees to America after the fall of Saigon and continues his double life in the Vietnamese diaspora of Los Angeles. A brilliant and satirical deconstruction of the Vietnam War from the other side. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction.

About the Author

Viet Thanh NguyenVietnamese-American

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American author and academic. Born in Vietnam in 1971, he came to the United States as a refugee at age four. He is a Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Read more →