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PublisherGROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated

ISBN-100802157068

ISBN-139780802157065

eBay Product ID (ePID)21038755439

Product Key Features

Book TitleCommitted

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPsychological, Thrillers / Espionage, Thrillers / Suspense, Literary, Noir

Publication Year2021

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorViet Thanh Nguyen

Book SeriesThe Sympathizer Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight20.5 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-057028

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Series Volume Number2

Dewey Decimal813.6

SynopsisThe sequel to The Sympathizer , which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, The Committed tells the story of "the man of two minds" as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism. The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the unnamed Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. Traumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, Man, and struggling to assimilate into French culture, the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals whom he meets at dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese "aunt," he finds stimulation for his mind but also customers for his narcotic merchandise. But the new life he is making has perils he has not foreseen, whether the self-torture of addiction, the authoritarianism of a state locked in a colonial mindset, or the seeming paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends whose worldviews put them in absolute opposition. The Sympathizer will need all his wits, resourcefulness, and moral flexibility if he is to prevail. Both literary thriller and novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters., The sequel to The Sympathizer, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, The Committed tells the story of "the man of two minds" as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism. The long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the unnamed Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. Traumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, Man, and struggling to assimilate into French culture, the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals whom he meets at dinner parties given by his French Vietnamese "aunt," he finds stimulation for his mind but also customers for his narcotic merchandise. But the new life he is making has perils he has not foreseen, whether the self-torture of addiction, the authoritarianism of a state locked in a colonial mindset, or the seeming paradox of how to reunite his two closest friends whose worldviews put them in absolute opposition. The Sympathizer will need all his wits, resourcefulness, and moral flexibility if he is to prevail. Both literary thriller and novel of ideas, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters., The sequel to The Sympathizer , which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, The Committed tells the story of "the man of two minds" as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism

LC Classification NumberPS3614.G97C66 2021

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by kiami23
Jun 29, 2021
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It is a 5 star book even though I think his earlier book was better, You do not have to read the first novel to understand this one but it helps. It is hard for me to understand how writing in a second language can be excellent. But this is. The first 120 pages took work to read but after that, I got the rhythm and story, the characters and the under side of the novel came more easily.
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by amat68096
Oct 19, 2021
An engaging read that makes you think
I love the humor and juxtaposition of ideas that the author throws at you that makes you question think. This book is an education as well, in capitalism, colonialism, communism, etc.
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