Nothing Ever Dies - Viet Thanh Nguyen

Finalist, National Book Critics Circle Award
Finalist, National Book Award in Nonfiction
A New York Times Book Review "The Year in Reading" Selection

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 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.

"[A] gorgeous,
multifaceted examination of the war Americans call the Vietnam War-and
which Vietnamese call the American WarAs 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."
-Kate Tuttle, Los Angeles Times

"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."
-Jonathan Mirsky, Literary Review

"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."
-Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review)