Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction A New York Times Book Review "
The Year in Reading"
Selection All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory.
Sebald, is a call for true and just stories of war and its perpetual legacy." -Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review).
G. "[A] gorgeous, multifaceted examination of the war Americans call the Vietnam War-and which Vietnamese call the American War...
As a writer, [Nguyen] brings every conceivable gift-wisdom, wit, compassion, curiosity-to the impossible yet crucial work of arriving at what he calls `a just memory' of this war." -Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times "
In Nothing Ever Dies, his unusually thoughtful consideration of war, self-deception and forgiveness, Viet Thanh Nguyen penetrates deeply into memories of the Vietnamese war...[An] important book, which hits hard at self-serving myths." -Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review "
Ultimately, Nguyen's lucid, arresting, and richly sourced inquiry, in the mode of Susan Sontag and W.
From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War-a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations.
Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction A New York Times Book Review "
The Year in Reading"
Selection All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory
