Vietnam, slavery and racism tackled on NBA nonfiction shortlist

Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Nothing Ever Dies, Andrés Reséndez’s The Other Slavery and Ibram X Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning among finalists for National Book Award

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The Pulitzer prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen has made the shortlist for the National Book Award for nonfiction, for his investigation into how the Vietnam war is remembered around the world.

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