tinaathena
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Viet Thanh Nguyen:
I quite literally just finished the last pages of your book, and as you've hoped, the book has shaken me. Has this book been translated to Vietnamese? I am first-gen Viet-Canadian and this is the first time I have ever read anything that echoes the self-loathing & criticism of Vietnamese people that my father has raised me under. I would be very excited to have him read this, but can't imagine VN gladly selling it.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
thanks for sharing, and glad to know the book affected you. The Refugees is in translation in Vietnam now. The Sympathizer is in process.
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Robin
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Viet Thanh Nguyen:
I'm still working my way through The Sympathizer and I'm enjoying it thoroughly, but it's the message that the book is conveying (or that I think it is) which is really hitting home. My question is; did you write this knowing that societies issues of representation and acceptance are such important talking points at the moment? Was this your way of using past events to illustrate current struggles? Or am I way off?
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Viet Thanh Nguyen:
I just finished Nothing Ever Dies, and there is a clear and valid argument about how the way we remember wars perpetuates the war machine. But global deaths from war have dropped precipitously over the past 40 years (see https://ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace/). Is it possible we are also doing something right in how we remember wars that we can build on?
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Viet Thanh Nguyen:
Having a refugee history yourself, how do you feel about the backlash against refugees in this country? How do you think the US should handle the issue?
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