Simone
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Jul 2024 · RB Media · Narrated by Quyen Ngo
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When a wildfire threatens Simone’s home, she and Má must rush to take shelter.
Guided by her own creativity, and buoyed by Má’s memories of her childhood in Vi?t Nam, Simone navigates her way through an all-too-common crisis.
This powerful story, straddling two generations and two countries, shows how communities come together in tough times, and how the youngest can imagine the path to a better future.
Guided by her own creativity, and buoyed by Má’s memories of her childhood in Vi?t Nam, Simone navigates her way through an all-too-common crisis.
This powerful story, straddling two generations and two countries, shows how communities come together in tough times, and how the youngest can imagine the path to a better future.
When a wildfire threatens Simone’s home, she and Má must rush to take shelter.
Guided by her own creativity, and buoyed by Má’s memories of her childhood in Vi?t Nam, Simone navigates her way through an all-too-common crisis.
This powerful story, straddling two generations and two countries, sh...
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About the author
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Ban Me Thuot, Viet Nam. In 1975, he came to the United States as a refugee with his family. He received degrees in English and ethnic studies from the University of California Berkeley. After receiving a Ph.D. in English from Berkeley, he began teaching at the University of Southern California and has been there ever since. He is an associate professor of English and American studies and ethnicity. He is the author of Race and Resistance: Literature and Politics in Asian America and Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War. The novel The Sympathizer won the First Novel Prize from the Center for Fiction, the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature in Fiction, and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. His latsest novel is The Refugees. He co-edited Transpacific Studies: Framing an Emerging Field with Janet Hoskins.
Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Ban Me Thuot, Viet Nam. In 1975, he came to the United States as a refugee with his family. He received degrees in English and ethnic studies from the University of California Berkeley. After receiving a Ph.D. in English from Berkeley, he began teaching at the Univer...
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