A masterful debut novel by Plimpton Prize winner Isabella Hammad, The Parisian illuminates a pivotal period of Palestinian history through the journey and romances of one young man, from his studies in France during World War I to his return to Palestine at the dawn of its battle for independence. More about this book >

• HONOREE 5 Under 35 2019 >

  Selected by Viet Thanh Nguyen >

  Viet Thanh Nguyen

  

  Viet Thanh Nguyen was born in Vietnam and raised in America. He is the author of The Committed, which continues the story of The Sympathizer, awarded the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, alongside seven other prizes. He is also the author of the short story collection The Refugees; the nonfiction book Nothing Ever Dies, a Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction; and is the editor of an anthology of refugee writing, The Displaced. He is the Aerol Arnold Chair of English and Professor of English, American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California and a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations. He lives in Los Angeles. (Photo credit: BeBe Jacobs)