ISBN:
9780802123459
Language:
English
Pages:
371 S.
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. edition
DDC:
813/.6
Keywords:
Communists Fiction
;
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Fiction
;
Soldiers Fiction
;
Soldiers Fiction
;
Vietnam (Republic)
;
Communists Fiction
;
Vietnam (Republic)
;
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Fiction
;
Communists
;
Soldiers Vietnam (Republic)
;
Vietnam
;
Vietnam-oorlog
;
Vietnam (Republic) Fiction
;
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
;
Spy stories
;
Historical fiction
;
Fiction
;
Romans (teksten)
Abstract:
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. A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.
Note:
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
,
Gewann den Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2016)
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-s.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-s.html
