The Committed
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The Committed is a literary novel by Viet Thanh Nguyen that continues the story of a conflicted Vietnamese refugee navigating crime, politics, and identity in Paris.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Viet Thanh Nguyen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAwardContext | written by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author ⓘ |
| authorNationality | Vietnamese American ⓘ |
| awardsContext | follow-up to Pulitzer Prize–winning novel The Sympathizer ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| coverArtist | design commissioned by Grove Press ⓘ |
| criticalReception | generally positive reviews ⓘ |
| explores |
diaspora
ⓘ
ideology ⓘ organized crime ⓘ postcolonial identity ⓘ |
| follows | The Sympathizer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ political fiction ⓘ |
| hasSequelRelation | continuation of The Sympathizer story ⓘ |
| ISBN | 9780802157065 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
dark humor
ⓘ
political satire ⓘ |
| literaryThemes |
colonialism
ⓘ
crime ⓘ identity ⓘ politics ⓘ refugee experience ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | unnamed Vietnamese communist spy ⓘ |
| market | adult fiction ⓘ |
| medium |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of crime narrative and political theory
ⓘ
depiction of Vietnamese refugee in Parisian underworld ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 2021 ⓘ |
| pages | approximately 400 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Sympathizer series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Vietnamese ⓘ |
| protagonistStatus | refugee ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Corsair
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Grove Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork | The Sympathizer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Paris ⓘ |
| settingTime | 1980s ⓘ |
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