Издания и произведения

В 2016 году роман Вьет Тхань Нгуена «Сочувствующий» стал лауреатом Пулитцеровской премии. «Преданный» продолжает историю того же героя, бывшего шпиона, так некстати обремененного совестью и моральными принципами. В Париже 1980‑х его ждет изысканное общество интеллектуалов, работа в мрачном криминальном подполье и трагическое противоречие между двумя самыми дорогими ему людьми, разрешить которое, вероятно, может одна лишь смерть — вопрос только, чья именно и при каких обстоятельствах.

The long-awaited new novel from one of America’s most highly regarded contemporary writers, The Committed follows the Sympathizer as he arrives in Paris as a refugee. There he and his blood brother Bon try to escape their pasts and prepare for their futures by turning their hands to capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing. No longer in physical danger, but still inwardly tortured by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, and struggling to assimilate into a dominant culture, the Sympathizer is both charmed and disturbed by Paris. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals and politicians who frequent…

The long-awaited follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Sympathizer , which has sold more than one million copies worldwide, The Committed follows the man of two minds as he arrives in Paris in the early 1980s with his blood brother Bon. The pair try to overcome their pasts and ensure their futures by engaging in capitalism in one of its purest forms: drug dealing.Traumatized by his reeducation at the hands of his former best friend, Man, and struggling to assimilate into French culture, the Sympathizer finds Paris both seductive and disturbing. As he falls in with a group of left-wing intellectuals whom he meets at dinner parties…

Человек "с двумя сознаниями" приезжает в Париж начала 80-х. Город Огней и соблазняет его, и мучает, здесь ему придется ходить по тонким граням между двумя мирами — интеллектуальной богемой и преступным сообществом — и между двумя самыми близкими своими людьми.