Steven

Steven asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

I found your book by accident, and I am so glad that I did! It was just prior to our visit to Vietnam, so the timing was also perfect. When are you going to publish another book, and will you continue to mine the Vietnamese/US/French history or go another direction? The self-reflection perspective of the book was such a great perspective to read this from. Thank you.

Viet Thanh Nguyen Hi Steven, I have a new book coming out in February 2017, The Refugees, a short story collection. I am writing the sequel to The Sympathizer, and it is set mostly in Paris, so will deal with Vietnamese/French history.

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Cameron Redfern

Cameron Redfern asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

I read Fatherland in my writing class bought the book. Than decided to buy Nothing Ever Dies, I got my mom to read The Sympathsizer, she loved it . My question is when we meet Man in the book , she is described as a woman , later she is referred to as he when the narrator and Boon are talking about Blood Brothers, I was wondering Why ? and thank you for your wonderful and thought provoking works

Autumn

Autumn asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

Wanted to say that I have used your book "Nothing ever dies" quite often in both of my thesis dealing with Gestational trauma of Vietnamese refugees. One of them specifically for Thi Bui's "The Best We Could Do". I was wondering if you would ever be interested in writing some more theory on subjects of mental health?

tinaathena

tinaathena asked Viet Thanh Nguyen:

I quite literally just finished the last pages of your book, and as you've hoped, the book has shaken me. Has this book been translated to Vietnamese? I am first-gen Viet-Canadian and this is the first time I have ever read anything that echoes the self-loathing & criticism of Vietnamese people that my father has raised me under. I would be very excited to have him read this, but can't imagine VN gladly selling it.

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