Viet Thanh Nguyen with Soleil Ho - To Save and to Destroy (Mill Valley Library, Mill Valley)
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Join us for an evening with Viet Thanh Nguyen, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, as he discusses his new nonfiction book, To Save and to Destroy. This event, presented in partnership with Book Passage Corte Madera, will be in conversation with Chronicle columnist Soleil Ho. Nguyen's work reflects on the literary forms of otherness and advocates for political solidarity, drawing on his experiences as a child refugee from Vietnam. Don't miss this insightful discussion on themes of identity, literature, and social justice.
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