{"product_id":"nothing-ever-dies-vietnam-and-the-memory-of-war-9780674979840","title":"Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \"The Year in Reading\" Selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War--a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] gorgeous, multifaceted examination of the war Americans call the Vietnam War--and which Vietnamese call the American War...As a writer, [Nguyen] brings every conceivable gift--wisdom, wit, compassion, curiosity--to the impossible yet crucial work of arriving at what he calls 'a just memory' of this war.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Kate Tuttle, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eNothing Ever Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, his unusually thoughtful consideration of war, self-deception and forgiveness, Viet Thanh Nguyen penetrates deeply into memories of the Vietnamese war...[An] important book, which hits hard at self-serving myths.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Jonathan Mirsky, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Ultimately, Nguyen's lucid, arresting, and richly sourced inquiry, in the mode of Susan Sontag and W. G. Sebald, is a call for true and just stories of war and its perpetual legacy.\"\u003cbr\u003e--Donna Seaman, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNguyen, Viet Thanh:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Viet Thanh Nguyen is Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Sympathizer\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614965371154,"sku":"9780674979840","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_055df112-e153-4371-bbab-153c4ce006df.jpg?v=1732469593","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nothing-ever-dies-vietnam-and-the-memory-of-war-9780674979840","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}