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Viet Thanh Nguyen, "A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial" (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2023)

Oct 3, 2023
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Author of A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial, discusses his personal memoir which expands into larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America. He reflects on his experiences as a refugee, the violence hidden behind the sunny façade of America, and the existential crisis of being both American and Vietnamese. Nguyen also explores the necessity of both forgetting and memory and delves into the political aspects of his book and the mistreatment of Vietnamese refugees in the United States.
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