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Viet nguyen the sympathizer5/23/2023 ![]() ![]() The first words entrusted to paper by this elusive voice clearly set the tone for the rest of the novel: “I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces” (p. The narrative is built around a coerced confession: the protagonist-who will remain unnamed for the entire novel-is, in fact, engaged in a session of self-criticism that, as will be revealed only toward the end of the book, has been going on for a year already. Moreover, it questions long-held beliefs by probing the issue of representation at its very core. In doing so, the novel explores complex problems relating to identity, allegiances, and politics. 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winner The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen has been widely acclaimed for introducing American and Western readers to the other side of the story-or history-by retelling the well-known narrative of the Vietnam War from another perspective, namely that of the Vietnamese in the aftermath of the fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975. ![]()
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