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"Viet Thanh Nguyen's A Man of Two Faces is a triumphant memoir that sears through the fog of American amnesia. A vulnerable and scorching mirror to self and to nation, his book explores his family's 'epic and quotidian' struggles as refugees and indicts Hollywood as propaganda that has fed the American war machine and anti-Asian racism.
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Oct 12, 2023 · A Man of Two Faces is cocky and riveting — self-consciously constructed as if written for a standup audience. It also serves as a generous, one-stop primer for both his fiction and...
Oct 3, 2023 · A MAN OF TWO FACES A MEMOIR, A HISTORY, A MEMORIAL. by Viet Thanh Nguyen ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 3, 2023. A fragmentary reflection on the refugee experience, at once lyrical and biting, by one of our leading writers.
The A Man of Two Faces Community Note includes chapter-by-chapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical context, author biography and quizzes written by community members like you.
38 quotes from A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial: ‘Perhaps writing can be beauty andlight and also rage and anger.’
Oct 3, 2023 · Viet Thanh Nguyen's 2015 debut novel The Sympathizer begins with the unforgettable lines: "I am a spy, a sleeper, a spook, a man of two faces. Perhaps not surprisingly, I am also a man of two minds."
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Oct 3, 2023 · In his memoir, A Man of Two Faces, Nguyen trains the spotlight on his own life and his family’s experience moving from Vietnam to California, violence and racism, and the burning question that so many face: who am I?
