Nothing Ever Dies Vietnam and the Memory of War

<p><b>Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award<br>Finalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction<br>A <i>New York Times Book Review</i> “The Year in Reading” Selection</b><br><br>All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel <i>The Sympathizer</i> 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.<br><br>“[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.”<br>—Kate Tuttle, <i>Los Angeles Times</i><br><br>“In <i>Nothing Ever Dies</i>, 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.”<br>—Jonathan Mirsky, <i>Literary Review</i><br><br>“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.”<br>—Donna Seaman, <i>Booklist</i> (starred review)</p>