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ATL Reads Book Club welcomes all who enjoy reading a variety of genres. We are a ?no commitment? book club?some people come every month and others occasionally.
Free and open to all.
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In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, we will discuss The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties. 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.
The Sympathizer is the 2015 debut novel by Vietnamese-American professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. It is a best-selling novel and recipient of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Mon, May 05 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Tue, May 06 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Wed, May 07 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Thu, May 08 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Fri, May 09 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sat, May 10 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sun, May 11 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
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