书名：The Sympathizer同情者-阮越清2016普利策小说奖

作者：Viet Thanh Nguyen 

出版社名称：Grove Press 

出版时间：2016

语种：英语 

ISBN：9780802124944 

商品尺寸：12.7 x 3.2 x 20.3 cm 

包装：平装

页数：384（以实物为准）

remarkable debut novel ... His book fills a void in the literature, giving voice to the previously voiceless ... An absurdist tour de force that might have been written by a Kafka or Genet (New York Times Book Review)

Extraordinary ... Surely a new classic of war fiction ... [Nguyen] has written a cerebral thriller around a desperate expat story that confronts the existential dilemmas of our age ... I haven't read anything since Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that illustrates so palpably how a patient tyrant, unmoored from all human constraint, can reduce a man's mind to liquid (Washington Post)

This debut is a page-turner (read: everybody will finish) that makes you reconsider the Vietnam War ... Nguyen's darkly comic novel offers a point of view about American culture that we've rarely seen (Oprah.com (Oprah's Book Club Suggestions))

The Sympathizer reads as part literary historical fiction, part espionage thriller and part satire. Nguyen knows of what he writes (Los Angeles Times)

An early frontrunner for debut novel of the year (Flavorwire (10 Must-Read Books for April))

I cannot remember the last time I read a novel whose protagonist I liked so much. Smart, funny, and self-critical, with a keen sense of when to let a story speak for itself ... [Nguyen] proves a gifted and bold satirist (Barnes & Noble Review)

小说以1975年的西贡开场，讲述了一个同情共产主义的人逃到洛杉矶、打入南越人团体内部从事间谍工作的故事。小说构思巧妙，节奏紧凑，充满了洞见和批判，被评论人誉为战争小说的新经典，是间谍、讽刺和历史小说的巧妙融合。

It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

阮越清，1975年，作为一名越南裔美国人，年仅4岁的阮越清以难民的身份随同家人逃到美国，对于这段回忆，在接受美国国家公共电台采访时他说，"尽管我在美国长大，非常美国化，但是战争和历史的阴影一直笼罩着我，因为我不断地从父母或者其他越南人那里听到关于越南战争的故事。所以，我的记忆中有持久的创伤，一种战争并没有结束的感觉。家园已经失去了，但是我们仍然期待未来有一天可以将它收回。"在美国期间，阮越清看了很多美国电影，特别是关于越南战争的好莱坞电影。他喜欢《第一滴血》中史泰龙扮演的兰博，"他在银幕上很美，开枪和展示肌肉让人愉悦。"阮越清说，"直到某一刻我意识到，我也是屏幕上被杀的东亚人。""我还记得在电影院看《野战排》，越南人被杀死的时候，人们欢呼起来。我在想，这太怪异了，此刻我该认同谁呢？"

阮越清承认，一方面这些电影都是伟大的艺术作品，让他很崇拜。另一方面，这也让他陷入尴尬的境地，因为电影中，越南人遭到杀害。与此同时，"1980年代描述越南战争的电影将美国描述得很黑暗，但是这也意味着他们将美国作为历史的中心来讲述。"

4月19日下午，阮越清在脸书上表示，"我要感谢那些为社会正义、和平、真正的平等而持续斗争的前人们，感谢那些争取公民权利、根本权力和经济权益的每个人。没有一个少数族裔作家敢说自己能独立完成任何事，那些在我们之前的集体努力和积极分子们，为我们个人的成就打下了基础。那些有幸被记住的人还有更多被遗忘的人，我们应该感激他们。"