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The Surrendered
by Chang-Rae Lee
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New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. New/New. We have loved Chang-Rae Lee's writing since we stumbled across Native Speaker years ago. We obviously weren't the only ones - he's since won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN award for a Gesture Life and become a New York Times best-selling author. He is considered among the most talented of contemporary novelists. This fourth novel is seen as his most ambitious yet. Goodreads tells us: "A stunning story about how love and war inalterably change the lives of those they touch, The Surrendered is elegant, suspenseful, and unforgettable...." The storyline centers on June Han, a Korean War orphan,who is later able to build a successful life in America; Hector, an American GI; and Sylvie, a troubled missionary wife. The story then continues 30 years later. If we haven't convinced you yet you should read this book, how about this quote? "The accretion of wisdom in Lee's novels is stunning." (the New York Times Book Review). We rest our case.
Synopsis
The bestselling, award-winning writer of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life, and Aloft returns with his biggest, most ambitious novel yet: a spellbinding story of how love and war echo through an entire lifetime. With his three critically acclaimed novels, Chang-rae Lee has established himself as one of the most talented writers of contemporary literary fiction. Now, with The Surrendered, Lee has created a book that amplifies everything we've seen in his previous works, and reads like nothing else. It is a brilliant, haunting, heartbreaking story about how love and war inalterably change the lives of those they touch.June Han was only a girl when the Korean War left her orphaned; Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled the petty tragedies of his small town to serve his country. When the war ended, their lives collided at a Korean orphanage where they vied for the attentions of Sylvie Tanner, the beautiful yet deeply damaged missionary wife whose elusive love seemed to transform everything. Thirty years later and on the other side of the world, June and Hector are reunited in a plot that will force them to come to terms with the mysterious secrets of their past, and the shocking acts of love and violence that bind them together.As Lee unfurls the stunning story of June, Hector, and Sylvie, he weaves a profound meditation on the nature of heroism and sacrifice, the power of love, and the possibilities for mercy, salvation, and surrendering oneself to another. Combining the complex themes of identity and belonging of Native Speaker and A Gesture Life with the broad range, energy, and pure storytelling gifts of Aloft, Chang-rae Lee has delivered his most ambitious, exciting, and unforgettable work yet. It is a mesmerizing novel, elegantly suspenseful and deeply affecting.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Surrendered
- Author
- Chang-Rae Lee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Hemingway Foundation/PEN award, themes of identity
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