{"product_id":"9780674979840","title":"Nothing Ever Dies : Vietnam and the Memory of War","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinalist, National Book Critics Circle Award\n\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction\n\u003cbr\u003eA New York Times Book Review \"The Year in Reading\" Selection\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of the conflict Americans call the Vietnam War and Vietnamese call the American War—a conflict that lives on in the collective memory of both nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"[A] gorgeous, multifaceted examination of the war Americans call the Vietnam War—and which Vietnamese call the American War...As a writer, [Nguyen] brings every conceivable gift—wisdom, wit, compassion, curiosity—to the impossible yet crucial work of arriving at what he calls 'a just memory' of this war.\"\n\u003cbr\u003e—Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"In Nothing Ever Dies, his unusually thoughtful consideration of war, self-deception and forgiveness, Viet Thanh Nguyen penetrates deeply into memories of the Vietnamese war...[An] important book, which hits hard at self-serving myths.\"\n\u003cbr\u003e—Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Ultimately, Nguyen's lucid, arresting, and richly sourced inquiry, in the mode of Susan Sontag and W. G. Sebald, is a call for true and just stories of war and its perpetual legacy.\"\n\u003cbr\u003e—Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49780269318392,"sku":"EB_HI0900_C15-03_SYDNEY","price":38.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780674979840-1.jpg?v=1784297018","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/ja\/products\/9780674979840","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}