Michael Rieman

Michael Rieman asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

The narrator of The Sympathizer uses ridicule and satire in portraying most of the American characters presented in the text. That is certainly appropriate to his experiences and ambivalent values related to the US. To what extent might you share his opinions about Americans?

Viet Thanh Nguyen You could read my essays and interviews, and my nonfiction book Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War, to get a better sense of what I think.

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Ana María

Ana María asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

Has The Sympathaizer been translated into Spanish? Which publisher carries it (Spain or Latin America)? Thank you! :)

Ken

Ken asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

Not only am I impressed by your critical perspective on both sides of VN-US war in The Sympathizer, I totally get interested in your statements about VN-US hybridity from your essays and interviews. What do you think about the visibility of contemporary VN-US culture today and maybe in the future without regard to war? -All the best and admiration from a VN student in Germany, who's already ordered your upcoming book

Howard Myers

Howard Myers asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

I am in a history class and would like to know your feelings and opinions on the May Lai incident in 1968. Do you think all of war was brutal like that incident?

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