The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen - Book Discussion
Date and Time: August 30, 2018, 7:00 PM CT
Location:
Newton Public Library, 720 Oak St, Newton
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Scholar-led book discussion
Set as the flashback in a coerced confession of a political prisoner, the book tells the story of the South Vietnamese Government in 1975 and subsequent events in American exile in Los Angeles, through the eyes of a half-Vietnamese, half-French undercover communist agent
This event is part of "Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War," a statewide oral history project to commemorates 50 years since the escalation of US involvement in the Vietnam War.
Sponsored by: Newton Public Library
For more information about this event, please contact:
Daniel Eells
(316) 283-2890
http://www.newtonplks.org