The Nguyen, Viet Thanh 1971- creator text Spy stories. Historical fiction. War stories Fiction. nyu 2015 First edition. monographic eng

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389 pages, [10 unnumbered] pages ; 21 cm A sweeping epic of love and betrayal. The narrator, a communist double agent, is a "man of two minds," a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who comes to America after the Fall of Saigon, and while building a new life with other Vietnamese refugees in Los Angeles is secretly reporting back to his communist superiors in Vietnam. The novel is an exploration of identity and America, a spy novel, and a story of love and friendship. --From publisher's description The story of a South Vietnamese captain -- a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America -- who returns to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. Viet Thanh Nguyen. Includes an essay "Our Vietnam War never ended" by the author and an interview with the author "Viet Thanh Nguyen : anger in the Asian American novel" by Paul Tran a-vt--- n-us-ca Novela estadounidense Novela de espionaje Novela histórica Novela vietnamita Soldiers Vietnam (Republic) Fiction Communists Vietnam (Republic) Fiction Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Fiction PS 3614 N576s 2015 813/.6 9780802124944 (pbk.) 0802124941 (pbk.) 2015375327 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-s.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015375327-s.html YDXCP 150720 20260428124333.0 18706219 eng