The Sympathizer
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The Sympathizer is a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen that follows a conflicted double agent from the Vietnam War, blending political thriller, historical fiction, and sharp cultural critique.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Sympathizer canonical | 2 |
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| instanceOf |
Pulitzer Prize-winning work
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptationFormat | television miniseries ⓘ |
| adaptationNetwork | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | The Sympathizer (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Viet Thanh Nguyen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded |
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction
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Center for Fiction First Novel Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Dayton Literary Peace Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgar Award for Best First Novel NERFINISHED ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Fiction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
Vietnam War fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ political thriller ⓘ postcolonial literature ⓘ satire ⓘ spy fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasSequel | The Committed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Fall of Saigon
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Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ Vietnamese refugee experience ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark humor
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unreliable narration ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Bon
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Man ⓘ the Captain NERFINISHED ⓘ the General ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | approximately 384 ⓘ |
| protagonistRole | double agent ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2015 ⓘ |
| publisher | Grove Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Los Angeles
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Vietnam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
American imperialism
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betrayal ⓘ colonialism ⓘ cultural critique ⓘ identity ⓘ ideology ⓘ memory ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ |
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