The Sympathizer - Viet Thanh Nguyen -Summary in Malayalam- IV SEM MA English- Calicut University

In this video, you will get a general understanding of the novel "The Sympathizer" by Viet Thanh Nguyen in Malayalam
Viet Thanh Nguyen: The Sympathizer
Author
Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American novelist.
Born in Ban Me Thuot, Vietnam, Nguyen and his family fled to the United States as refugees in 1975= the Fall of Saigon
He is a scholar with expertise in issues such as war, race, and identity, and these themes significantly influence his work.
Introduction
"The Sympathizer" is his debut novel, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. A sequel, titled The Committed, was published on March 2, 2021
Genre: Vietnam War NOvel, A protest novel of an American ethnic Bildungsroman
Setting: South Vietnam; Camp Pendleton, California; Los Angeles, California
Published on the 40th Anniversary of “The Fall of Saigon”
Questions how we view Vietnam from an American point of view through their movies
The book explores the lives of the Vietnamese diaspora in two geographical locations, Vietnam, and America an an assault against American representation of the Vietnam War
He is a refugee in America and speaks more about America than Vietnam

Plot:
The novel is structured as a confessional letter written by the unnamed Narrator to his communist superiors.
It begins in April 1975, in the final days of the Vietnam War. The Narrator, a spy, escapes from Saigon to the United States along with his boss, the General.
The Narrator continues to report back to his communist superiors while trying to blend in with the Vietnamese immigrant community in Los Angeles.
His loyalties are tested as he grapples with his dual identity, and the atrocities of the war catch up with him.

Characters
The Narrator (The Captain): The protagonist, a half-French, half-Vietnamese army captain who serves as a communist spy in the South Vietnamese army.
Man: The Narrator's best friend from childhood, a staunch communist.
Bon: Another of the Narrator's childhood friends, a dedicated anti-communist.
The General: A South Vietnamese commander whom the Narrator serves in America.
The Auteur: A Hollywood director who hires the Narrator as a consultant.
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