Native Speaker
by Chang-rae Lee
Taste attributes: dramapsychologicaljournalisticfresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricatelinearglossyfish out of water/culture clashcomplex relationshiptroubled leads
Boxlist takeA smart novel, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.8 / 5
5 ratings
About This Book
Korean-American Henry Park is a "surreptitious, B+ student of life, illegal alien, emotional alien, yellow peril: neo-American, stranger, follower, traitor, spy ..." or so says his wife, in the list she writes upon leaving him. Henry is forever uncertain of his place, a perpetual outsider looking at American culture from a distance.
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- Author
- Chang-rae Lee
- Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 349
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- Open Library
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