Chang-Rae Lee
Chang-rae Lee is the author of Native Speaker , winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, as well as My Year Abroad , On Such a Full Sea , A Gesture Life , Aloft , and The Surrendered , winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A 2021 winner of the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Stanford University.
Chang-rae Lee is the author of Native Speaker , winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, as well as My Year Abroad , On Such a Full Sea , A Gesture Life , Aloft , and The Surrendered , winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A 2021 winner of the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Stanford University. See less
Chang-Rae Lee's Featured Books
Chang-Rae Lee book reviews
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Native Speaker
A Novel Of Immigrant Experience
Chang-Rae Lee wrote his first novel, "Native Speaker", which describes the experience of a young Korean man in New York City at the age of 28. The protagonist, Henry Park, is the son of immigrants. ... Read More
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A Gesture Life
Beautifully Written
This book was one I selected for my book club because it is beautifully, exquisitely written. In the story, Franklin, an older Japanese American, lives alone and tries to connect with others--mostly ... Read More
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Native Speaker
Great piece of 1990s American lit
Henry Park, a Korean American, works for a spy agency and collects information on immigrant Koreans. Throughout the book, he works toward comfort with his Korean and American identities. He is aware ... Read More
