Each year 6 different authors win the Pulitzer prize. In 2016, Viet Thanh Nguyen won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with his book The Sympathizer.
On its surface the Sympathizer is about a North Vietnamese spy, but in reality it's a story about searching for one's identity.
In this episode, Andy and Tony break down the Sympathizer and talk about its themes: communism, capitalism, socialism, colonialism, class warfare, social norms, and so much more.
The Sympathizer is diverse, unique, and definitely a great piece of modern literature. Join us for the discussion!
Books mentioned in the podcast (in no particular order)
The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Baron Wenckheim's Homecoming by Laszlo Kraznahorkai
https://amzn.to/3FOjD8L
Same Bed Different Dreams by Ed Park
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All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
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Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
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War Trash by Ha Jin
https://amzn.to/40BOWgA
Libra by Don Delillo
https://amzn.to/40xriS4
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca
https://amzn.to/3MEMdNt
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
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The Bridge at No Gun Ri
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
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Monument Maker by David Keenan
https://amzn.to/3ssYSfF
Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger
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Schopenhaur's Telescope by Gerard Donovan
https://amzn.to/40yBPga
