Nothing Ever Dies - Vietnam and the Memory of War

Nothing Ever Dies, Viet Thanh Nguyen writes. All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both the Americans and the Vietnamese.

About the author

Viet Thanh Nguyen is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer, Nothing Ever Dies, and, most recently, To Save and to Destroy. A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation and Guggenheim fellowships and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nguyen is Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

Product details

• Authors: Viet Thanh Nguyen, Nguyen Viet Thanh
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9780674979840
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97984-0
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, ART / Art & Politics, Ethics & moral philosophy, Asian History, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Vietnam War