The Telephone in Pain: Impossible Confessions in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer

Sarah Jackson

The Telephone in Pain: Impossible Confessions in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer

Sarah Jackson^*

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School of Design Arts and Creative Industries

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	Telepoetics
Subtitle of host publication	Writing the Phone in Literature, Culture and Theory
Editors	Sarah Jackson, Philip Leonard, Annabel Williams
Place of Publication	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Chapter	14
Pages	257-274
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781399543194, 9781399543200
ISBN (Print)	9781399543170
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2026

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The Telephone in Pain: Impossible Confessions in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s The Sympathizer. / Jackson, Sarah.
Telepoetics: Writing the Phone in Literature, Culture and Theory. ed. / Sarah Jackson; Philip Leonard; Annabel Williams. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Edinburgh University Press, 2026. p. 257-274.

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