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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Signed By
- Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- Personalize
- No
- Pages
- 144
- Type
- Essays
- Publication Date
- 2025-04-08
- Personalized
- No
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780674298170
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674298179
ISBN-13
9780674298170
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13070925640
Product Key Features
Book Title
To Save and to Destroy : Writing As an Other
Number of Pages
144 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2025
Topic
American / Asian American, Ethnic Studies / Asian American Studies
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Social Science
Book Series
The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2024-035448
Reviews
A meditation on what it means to be "the other," both in establishing necessary distance, as well as being cast aside by stigma and outside perceptions... Nguyen invites his audience to seriously consider the pitfalls and promises of writing as an other., Seamlessly weaves together personal reflections and literary analysis...thought-provoking and cogently argued., One of contemporary American fiction's most fearless writers of conscience...explores the idea of the outsider in literature., Over the course of six captivating and moving chapters, Nguyen explores the idea of being an outsider through lenses that are, by turns, literary, historical, political, and familial., A series of emotional tales that makes palpable [Nguyen's] intellectual understanding of an artist's role in the political discourse and the way politics works its way into art., Profound...Nguyen explores the idea of being an outsider through literary, historical, political, and familial lenses...while addressing concerns about the writer's responsibility in a time of violence and the burdens and pleasures of the "minor" writer in society., A profound exploration of identity, displacement, and the burdens of belonging from one of the most important voices in contemporary literature. Nguyen brilliantly weaves together personal history with literary criticism and political commentary to confront the complexities of race, power, and solidarity in America. This is essential reading.--Reza Alsan, author of Zealot and An American Martyr in Persia, An essential addition for collections about the process and theory of writing, authors of diverse backgrounds, and particularly the experiences of Asian Americans, immigrants, and refugees in the United States., Nguyen explores works of literature that he has found most useful and inspirational in helping him define his worldview, his political and literary aesthetics., Viet Thanh Nguyen offers insight into how we can form allegiances beyond racial identity to global solidarities built from shared struggles against colonialism. As we now face the precipitous erosion of American democracy, Nguyen's incendiary and generous intellect is more necessary than ever.
Dewey Edition
23
Series Volume Number
40
Dewey Decimal
813.6
Synopsis
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer (now an HBO series) comes a moving and unflinchingly personal meditation on the literary forms of otherness and a bold call for expansive political solidarity. Born in war-ravaged Vietnam, Viet Nguyen arrived in the United States as a child refugee in 1975. The Nguyen family would soon move to San Jose, California, where the author grew up, attending UC Berkeley in the aftermath of the shocking murder of Vincent Chin, which shaped the political sensibilities of a new generation of Asian Americans. The essays here, delivered originally as the prestigious Norton Lectures, proffer a new answer to a classic literary question: What does the outsider mean to literary writing? Over the course of six captivating and moving chapters, Nguyen explores the idea of being an outsider through lenses that are, by turns, literary, historical, political, and familial. Each piece moves between writers who influenced Nguyen's craft and weaves in the haunting story of his late mother's mental illness. Nguyen unfolds the novels and nonfiction of Herman Melville, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ralph Ellison, William Carlos Williams, and Maxine Hong Kingston, until aesthetic theories give way to pressing concerns raised by war and politics. What is a writer's responsibility in a time of violence? Should we celebrate fiction that gives voice to the voiceless--or do we confront the forces that render millions voiceless in the first place? What are the burdens and pleasures of the "minor" writer in any society? Unsatisfied with the modest inclusion accorded to "model minorities" such as Asian Americans, Nguyen sets the agenda for a more radical and disquieting solidarity with those whose lives have been devastated by imperialism and forever wars., Pulitzer Prize winner Viet Thanh Nguyen's To Save and to Destroy is a deeply personal reflection on outsiders in literature and in US society. Across six essays, first delivered as the Norton Lectures, Nguyen offers insightful readings of authors who shaped his craft, culminating in a poignant and vigorous call for a solidarity of the devastated.
LC Classification Number
PN56.O69N48 2025
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- 9***9 (1)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseArrived on time, and as described! Great value despite the cosmetic damage! The packaging was intact and sufficient to protect the book during the heat wave! My girlfriend loves it!
- o***m (232)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem received before estimated delivery date and in excellent condition. Great communication by the seller trough the whole transaction. Highly recommended seller who I would not hesitate to buy from again. True professional! A+++Carl Hiaasen- Fever Beach -SIGNED By Hand 1st/1st 2025 HC/DJ (#297367468393)
- 6***6 (56)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseVery pleased with this purchase. Well packaged. But, had to pay an extra £45 import tax to Germany! The book was shipped from the USA! How does that work then?Zbigniew Brzezinski- Grand Chessboard -Easton Press Signed COA #7 Of 1150 (#294875152092)