2016年普利策奬獲奬名單在紐約哥倫比亞大學揭曉。在文學藝術係列奬項中，越南裔作傢阮越清（VietThanhNguyen）憑藉長篇小說《同情者》（TheSympathizer）獲得小說奬。

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《同情者》是阮越清的處女作，小說以1975年的西貢開場，講述瞭個同情共産主義的人逃到洛杉磯、打入南越人團體內部從事間諜工作的故事。小說構思巧妙，節奏緊湊，充滿瞭洞見和批判，被評論人譽為戰爭小說的新經典，是間諜、諷刺和曆史小說的巧妙融閤。甚至有評論傢稱，隻有弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉執導的影片《現代啓示錄》可與之匹敵。

阮越清說，《同情者》裏的特工曾在1960年代以國際交換生的身份次來到美國。這時，他對美國的愛就開始瞭。"他當然明白成就美國夢要麵臨的問題，要白手起傢獨自獲得成功，要以全新的身份在美國重塑自己。他迷戀這些東西，同時也深深地懷疑它們。"

The Sympathizer

基本信息
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Corsair (21 April 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-13:9780802124944
Product Dimensions: 13 x 2.6 x 19.7 cm

內容簡介
It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his villa, a general of the South Vietnamese army is drinking whiskey and, with the help of his trusted captain, drawing up a list of those who will be given passage aboard the last flights out of the country. The general and his compatriots start a new life in Los Angeles, unaware that one among their number, the captain, is secretly observing and reporting on the group to a higher-up in the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer is the story of this captain: a man brought up by an absent French father and a poor Vietnamese mother, a man who went to university in America, but returned to Vietnam to fight for the Communist cause. A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today.

小說以1975年的西貢開場，講述瞭個同情共産主義的人逃到洛杉磯、打入南越人團體內部從事間諜工作的故事。小說構思巧妙，節奏緊湊，充滿瞭洞見和批判，被評論人譽為戰爭小說的新經典，是間諜、諷刺和曆史小說的巧妙融閤。

媒體推薦
[A] remarkable debut novel ... His book fills a void in the literature, giving voice to the previously voiceless ... An absurdist tour de force that might have been written by a Kafka or Genet (New York Times Book Review)

Extraordinary ... Surely a new classic of war fiction ... [Nguyen] has written a cerebral thriller around a desperate expat story that confronts the existential dilemmas of our age ... I haven't read anything since Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four that illustrates so palpably how a patient tyrant, unmoored from all human constraint, can reduce a man's mind to liquid (Washington Post)

This debut is a page-turner (read: everybody will finish) that makes you reconsider the Vietnam War ... Nguyen's darkly comic novel offers a point of view about American culture that we've rarely seen (Oprah.com (Oprah's Book Club Suggestions))

The satire is delicious (New Yorker)

The Sympathizer reads as part literary historical fiction, part espionage thriller and part satire. Nguyen knows of what he writes (Los Angeles Times)

An important new perspective on the Vietnam War . . . The Sympathizer will both startle and grip you (BuzzFeed)

An early frontrunner for debut novel of the year (Flavorwire (10 Must-Read Books for April))

I cannot remember the last time I read a novel whose protagonist I liked so much. Smart, funny, and self-critical, with a keen sense of when to let a story speak for itself ... [Nguyen] proves a gifted and bold satirist (Barnes & Noble Review)

Arresting . . . One of the best pieces of fiction about the Vietnam war-and by a Vietnamese. . . . Stunning . . . Could it be that Nguyen has captured the shape of the devolution of war itself, from grand ambition to human ruin? . . . One of the finest novels of the Vietnam War published in recent years (Daily Beast)

Read this novel with care; it is easy to read, wry, ironic, wise, and captivating, but it could change not only your outlook on the Vietnam War, but your outlook on what you believe about politics and ideology in general. It does what the best of literature does, expands your consciousness beyond the limitations of your body and individual circumstances (Karl Marlantes, author of Matterhorn and What It Is Like to Go to War)

關於作者

《同情者》作者阮越清
1975年，作為名越南裔美國人，年僅4歲的阮越清以難民的身份隨同傢人逃到美國，對於這段迴憶，在接受美國國傢公共電颱采訪時他說，"盡管我在美國長大，非常美國化，但是戰爭和曆史的陰影直籠罩著我，因為我不斷地從父母或者其他越南人那裏聽到關於越南戰爭的故事。所以，我的記憶中有持久的創傷，種戰爭並沒有結束的感覺。傢園已經失去瞭，但是我們仍然期待未來有天可以將它收迴。"在美國期間，阮越清看瞭很多美國電影，特彆是關於越南戰爭的好萊塢電影。他喜歡《滴血》中史泰龍扮演的蘭博，"他在銀幕上很美，開槍和展示肌肉讓人愉悅。"阮越清說，"直到某刻我意識到，我也是屏幕上被殺的東亞人。""我還記得在電影院看《野戰排》，越南人被殺死的時候，人們歡呼起來。我在想，這太怪異瞭，此刻我該認同誰呢？"

阮越清承認，方麵這些電影都是偉大的藝術作品，讓他很崇拜。另方麵，這也讓他陷入尷尬的境地，因為電影中，越南人遭到殺害。與此同時，"1980年代描述越南戰爭的電影將美國描述得很黑暗，但是這也意味著他們將美國作為曆史的中心來講述。"

4月19日下午，阮越清在臉書上錶示，"我要感謝那些為社會正義、和平、真正的平等而持續鬥爭的前人們，感謝那些爭取公民權利、根本權力和經濟權益的每個人。沒有個少數族裔作傢敢說自己能獨立完成任何事，那些在我們之前的集體努力和積極分子們，為我們個人的成就打下瞭基礎。那些有幸被記住的人還有更多被遺忘的人，我們應該感激他們。"