Book
The sympathizer / Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802124944
- ISBN: 0802124941
- Physical Description: 393, [10] pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: [Grove Press reprint edition]
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Grove Press; Reprint edition (April 12, 2016)"--Amazon.com. |
| Summary, etc.: | Follows a Viet Cong agent as he spies on a South Vietnamese army general and his compatriots as they start a new life in 1975 Los Angeles. The story of a South Vietnamese captain -- a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America -- who returns to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. |
| Awards Note: | Winner: Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Ficiton (2016) ; Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature (2015-2016) ; California Book Award for First Fiction (2016) ; Center for Fiction First Novel Prize (2016) ; Dayton Library Peace Prize for Fiction (2016) ; Edgar Award for Best First Novel (2016) ; Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2016). |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Vietnamese > California > Los Angeles. Soldiers > Vietnam (Republic) > Fiction. Communists > Vietnam (Republic) > Fiction. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Fiction. Vietnam (Republic) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Spy stories. Historical fiction. Spy fiction. |
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Available copies
- 3 of 3 copies available at GRPL.
Holds
0 current holds with 3 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Fiction Nguyen (Text) | 31307025356249 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Main | Fiction Nguyen (Text) | 31307026369951 | Fiction | Available | - |
| West Leonard | Fiction Nguyen (Text) | 31307022045951 | Fiction | Available | - |
