Nothing Ever Dies (eBook)

Vietnam and the Memory of War

Viet Thanh Nguyen (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
384 Seiten
Harvard University Press (Verlag)
978-0-674-96986-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Finalist, National Book Critics Circle AwardFinalist, National Book Award in NonfictionA New York Times Book Review "e;The Year in Reading"e; SelectionAll 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 the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War-a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations."e;[A] gorgeous, multifaceted examination of the war Americans call the Vietnam War-and which Vietnamese call the American War...As a writer, [Nguyen] brings every conceivable gift-wisdom, wit, compassion, curiosity-to the impossible yet crucial work of arriving at what he calls 'a just memory' of this war."e;-Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times"e;In Nothing Ever Dies, his unusually thoughtful consideration of war, self-deception and forgiveness, Viet Thanh Nguyen penetrates deeply into memories of the Vietnamese war...[An] important book, which hits hard at self-serving myths."e;-Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review"e;Ultimately, Nguyen's lucid, arresting, and richly sourced inquiry, in the mode of Susan Sontag and W. G. Sebald, is a call for true and just stories of war and its perpetual legacy."e;-Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.4.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• ISBN-10: 0-674-96986-3 / 0674969863
• ISBN-13: 978-0-674-96986-5 / 9780674969865