Author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses 'The Sympathizer' and his escape from Vietnam Nguyen and his family fled their village in South Vietnam in 1975. Now his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been adapted into a series on HBO and MAX. Originally broadcast in 2016.
Author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses 'The Sympathizer' and his escape from Vietnam
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Nguyen and his family fled their village in South Vietnam in 1975. Now his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been adapted into a series on HBO and MAX. Originally broadcast in 2016.