by Viet Thanh Nguyen · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432239878
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In 'The Idealist', Viet Thanh Nguyen immerses us in the Paris of the eighties, where a nameless protagonist, after escaping from Vietnam and his experience as an immigrant in the United States, seeks a future in drug trafficking. Tormented by his past as a double agent, he tries to integrate into the Western European culture. By joining left-wing intellectuals and politicians, he finds clients for his business, but faces unexpected dangers such as governmental oppression and addiction. This sequel to 'The Sympathizer', winner of the Pulitzer Prize, is a political thriller with humor and reflections on racism, colonialism and hypocrisy.
Viet Thanh Nguyen is a South Vietnamese-born American professor and novelist. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.
