{"product_id":"the-committed-hardcover","title":"The Committed - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe sequel to \u003cem\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/em\u003e, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide, \u003cem\u003eThe Committed\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of \"the man of two minds\" as he comes as a refugee to France and turns his hand to capitalism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe long-awaited new novel from one of America's most highly regarded contemporary writers, \u003cem\u003eThe Committed\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTraumatized 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoth literary thriller and novel of ideas, \u003cem\u003eThe Committed\u003c\/em\u003e is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal that will cement Viet Thanh Nguyen's position in the firmament of American letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction alongside seven other prizes. He is also the author of the short story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Refugees\u003c\/i\u003e, the nonfiction book \u003ci\u003eNothing Ever Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award, and is the editor of an anthology of refugee writing, \u003ci\u003eThe Displaced\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the Aerol Arnold Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur foundations. He lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.1 x 6.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700130648127,"sku":"9780802157065","price":32.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/fa175dad3b4e11f5eff7c7275d4bc454.webp?v=1765015608","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-committed-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}