Viet Thanh Nguyen Quotes

Our Country Itself Was Cursed, Bastardized, Partitioned Into North And South, And If It Could Be Said Of Us That We Chose Division And Death In Our Uncivil War, That Was Also Only Partially True. We Had Not Chosen To Be Debased By The French, To Be Divided By Them Into An Unholy Trinity Of North, Center, And South, And To Be Turned Over To The Great Powers Of Capitalism And Communism For A Further Bisection, Then Given Roles As The Clashing Armies Of A Cold War Chess Match Played In Air-conditioned Rooms By White Men Wearing Suits And Lies.

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