Viet Thanh Nguyen, communist and colonial duplicates spelled out

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The American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen publishes "Le Dévoué" with the Belfond editions.

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By: Jean-François Cadet Follow

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Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 for “Le Sympathisant”, returns to France today with the continuation of his novel “Le Dévoué”, published by Editions Belfond.

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The American writer of Vietnamese origin

was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2016 and, in 2017, the Prize for the best foreign book 2017 for his book "The Sympathizer", translated into 25 languages ​​and adapted on the American channel HBO by talented Park Chan-Wook, produced and played by Robert Downey Jr.

The eagerly awaited sequel to his novel “Le Dévoué” has just been released, just a few days ago, in France by Editions Belfond, in a translation by Clément Baudé.

A novel in which we find Vo Danh (the man without a name), the famous double agent, immersed in the Paris of the 80s, its shady fauna, its Marxist philosophers and its Place de la Bastille.

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 presents the two winners of the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Renaudot 2021. The young Senegalese writer Mohamed Mbougar Sarr won the first for his novel “The Most Secret Memory of Men”, published by Philippe Rey editions.

Belgian novelist Amélie Nothomb is rewarded for “Premier Sang”, her new novel published by Albin Michel editions.

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