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A Man of Two Faces

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Baillie Gifford Prize · 2024 · Shortlist
Grove PressnonfictionISBN 9780802163226

Award History

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Baillie Gifford Prize2024Shortlist

About This Book

A memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author combining personal history, cultural criticism, and political analysis to explore Vietnamese-American identity and the way the Vietnam War is remembered. Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize.

About the Author

Viet Thanh NguyenVietnamese-American

Viet Thanh Nguyen is a Vietnamese-American author and academic. Born in Vietnam in 1971, he came to the United States as a refugee at age four. He is a Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. Read more →

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