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Library Live Presents 2016 Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Viet Thanh Nguyen - SOLD OUT
- Date: 01/26/2017 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm
- Location: Newport Beach Central Library, Friends Meeting Room
1000 Avocado Avenue
Newport Beach, California 92660
** THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT **
Doors open at 6:30 pm
Lecture begins at 7:00 pm
Book sales and signing; light refreshments
Tickets: $25*/30 (*discount for Library Foundation Members)
Information: 949.548.2411 or events@nbplfoundation.org
Viet Thanh Nguyen is an associate professor of English and American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. He will speak about his debut novel The Sympathizer, which won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Edgar Award for Best First Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. His other books include Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War as well as the upcoming short story collection The Refugees.
Cost: $25 (Library Foundation members) / $30 (General Public)
Ticket Web Link: www.nbplfoundation.org
Ticket Phone: (949) 548-2411
Age Level: Adults