Viet Thanh Nguyen's essays explore otherness, weaving personal history with literary critique on war and identity.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen's essays explore otherness, weaving personal history with literary critique on war and identity.
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As we now face the precipitous erosion of American democracy, Nguyen's incendiary and generous intellect is more necessary than ever.”―Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning “Brilliant, rigorous, and generous, To Save and to Destroy is part autobiography, part criticism, and wholly illuminating. A dazzling feat from one of today’s great writers and thinkers.”―R. O. Kwon, author of Exhibit · Viet Thanh Nguyen is the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympath
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Sexual content
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No sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of war-related violence; not graphic.
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No occult or magical themes depicted.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Central focus on politics, colonialism, war, and identity as an other.
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Discussions of systemic suffering from war and colonialism.
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