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Viet Thanh Nguyen (Vietnamese: Nguyễn Thanh Việt; born March 13, 1971 [a]) is a South Vietnamese-born American professor and novelist.He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
When not attending enrichment summer school, an unnamed boy, works at his parents' convenience store in a Vietnamese enclave in San Jose. The boy is potentially an analog to the author, who speaks of a similar store. [5] He gets a small allowance for his work which he uses to buy comic books and games.
The following year Hayslip moved to San Diego, California, to join him, and briefly supported her family as a homemaker. [3] In 1973, he died of emphysema, leaving Le Ly a widow at age 24. In 1974 she married Dennis Hayslip. Her second marriage, however, was not a happy one. Dennis was a heavy drinker, clinically depressed and full of rage.
Cecile Pin's debut novel, 'Wandering Souls,' injects the supernatural into the deeply grounded story of three orphaned siblings who escape Vietnam by boat.
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor and writer Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel, [6] and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The novel received generally positive reviews from critics. [7] It was named on more than 30 best book of the year lists and a New York Times Editor's Choice ...
The Gangster We Are All Looking For is the first novel by Vietnamese-American author lê thi diem thúy, published in 2003. It was first published as a short piece in The Best American Essays of 1997 and was also awarded a Pushcart Prize “Special Mention.” [1] The novel is a fragmented sequence of events recollected by a nameless narrator.
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War is a novel by American author and decorated Marine, Karl Marlantes. It was first published by El León Literary Arts in 2009 (in small quantity) and re-issued (and slightly edited) as a major publication of Atlantic Monthly Press [ 1 ] on March 23, 2010.
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