Viet Thanh Nguyen
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1,011 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2025
last heard 7 May
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And so with The Sympathizer or with other works that she's read where she thinks I've done something good –
you know, she'll tell me so.
And I trust her that she'll tell me the truth, that I'm writing to the best of my ability, to the most honest, I'm being the most honest I can be about my own emotions, about my view of the world, and honest about my art.
She thinks A Man of Two Faces is my best book, as a matter of fact.
So I take her at her word for that.
But likewise, you know, I support her in her work as a poet and scholar as well.
And so we have a partnership, and that's a beautiful thing to have.
Do you agree with her on what is your best work?
Oh, I'm too close to the work to know.
A Man of Two Faces is pretty good though.
You know, people keep forgetting there's a sequel called The Committed.
And I run across readers, you know, several in the past few weeks who've said The Committed is a better novel than The Sympathizer.
The Sympathizer is probably more of a crowd pleaser because it speaks about the Vietnam War.
And again,
Vietnam War, everybody thinks they know what that's about, so it's a hook, right?
But it is.
It's just entertainment for Americans.
It's dark entertainment, but it's entertainment for Americans.
And The Committed is set in Paris, and most Americans are like, France?
What's France?
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