The committed / Viet Thanh Nguyen.
Book
- ISBN: 9780802157065
- Physical Description: xiii, 345 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2021.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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George H. and Ella M. Rodgers Memorial Library | NGUYEN | 34510011175872 | New Books | Available | - |
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A novel"--Jacket. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary, etc.: | "The astonishing sequel to The Sympathizer, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, The Committed follows the "man of two minds" as he comes to Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals and politicians who frequent dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese "aunt," he finds not just stimulation for his mind but also customers for his merchandise-but the new life he is making has dangers he has not foreseen. Both literary thriller and brilliant novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Genre: | Psychological fiction Thrillers (Fiction) |