17 Oct 2021 | 10:00 - 10:45 |
Main Program / Main Program 17 Oct | IDR 299,000 (All Main Program Access) |
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The Committed is Viet Thanh Nguyen’s much-anticipated follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning, The Sympathizer. It shows the United States of America and France through the eyes of a Vietnamese refugee. He is joined by an award-winning Vietnamese author, Nguyen Phan Que Mai, to discuss the Vietnam War’s narrative, the meaning of being a refugee, and ways to deal with displacement.
(This program is presented in English and pre-recorded)
The Committed adalah tindak lanjut Viet Thanh Nguyen yang sangat ditunggu-tunggu untuk pemenang Hadiah Pulitzer, The Sympathizer. Ini menunjukkan Amerika Serikat dan Prancis melalui mata seorang pengungsi Vietnam. Dia bergabung dengan penulis Vietnam pemenang penghargaan, Nguyen Phan Que Mai, untuk membahas narasi Perang Vietnam, makna menjadi pengungsi, dan cara-cara untuk menangani perpindahan.
(Program ini sudah direkam sebelumnya dan dalam Bahasa Inggris)
Author of eight books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction, Nguyen Phan Que Mai received the Hanoi Writers Association’s Poetry of the Year 2010 Award. Her poetry collection The Secret of Hoa …
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