LE SYMPATHISANT
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ISBN 13 :
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9782714404480
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Date de parution :
26/04/2024
Type :
Broché
Nombre de pages :
504
Mots clés :
- NGUYEN VIET THANH ,
- BELFOND ,
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- BELFOND
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong.
The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.
The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.
"Pour l'écrire, j'ai eu des expériences puissantes, que je porterai avec moi pour toujours. La première : lire Pascoli avec les enfants de l'institut pénal pour mineurs de Bologne, les aider à étudier, les écouter. La deuxième, la promenade dans les bois du petit village de Sassaia, mon endroit préféré sur terre. Je ne savais pas, au début, ce que cela signifierait de descendre à l'enfer d'un coeur : le coeur noir d'une jeune femme ... "