The Committed by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Brand: Black Cat
Product Description
The sequel to The Sympathizer which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide The Committed tells the story of the man of two minds as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism The longawaited followup to the Pulitzer Prizewinning The Sympathizer which has sold more than one million copies worldwide The Committed follows the man of two minds as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms drug dealing. Traumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend Man and struggling to assimilate into French culture the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of leftwing intellectuals whom he meets at dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese aunt he finds stimulation for his mind but also customers for his narcotic merchandise. But the new life he is making has perils he has not foreseen whether the selftorture of addiction the authoritarianism of a state locked in a colonial mindset or the seeming paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends whose worldviews put them in absolute opposition. The Sympathizer will need all his wits resourcefulness and moral flexibility if he is to prevail. Both highly suspenseful and existential The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyens position in the firmament of American letters. show more
Condition : New
Author : Viet Thanh Nguyen
Weight : 505.55
Publisher : Black Cat
Language : English
EAN : 9780802157072
ISBN10 : 0802157076
Format : Paperback
Date of Publication : 20210921
Place of Publication : New York United States
Pagination : NA
Dimensions : 139.7 X 209.55mm