Hamden Library to Host Book Discussion on 'The Sympathizer'

From the Hamden Public Library: The Hamden Book Group will be discussing the 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winner for fiction, “The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen on Monday, April 24th from 7-8 pm, and on Thursday, April 27th from 2:00-3:00 pm in the Friends Room at Miller Memorial Library on Dixwell Avenue, Hamden.

In a review for the April 2, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review Philip Caputo calls Mr. Ngyen’s debut novel “remarkable.”

He states, “­Nguyen, born in Vietnam but raised in the United States, brings a distinct perspective to the war and its aftermath. His book fills a void in the literature, giving voice to the previously voiceless while it compels the rest of us to look at the events of 40 years ago in a new light.”

In addition to the Pulitzer Prize the novel has won the 2016 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the 2016 Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the 2016 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, the 2015 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the 2015 Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature and was a Finalist for the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

There is no fee for the program, and the public is welcome to attend. Copies of the book are available at the library. For more information please call 287-2680.

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