The Surrendered Paperback - 2011
by Lee, Chang-rae
- Used
Combining the complex themes of identity in "Native Speaker" and "A Gesture Life" with the broad range, energy, and pure storytelling of "Aloft," Lee has delivered his most ambitious work yet. It is a mesmerizing novel, elegantly suspenseful and deeply affecting.
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- Title The Surrendered
- Author Lee, Chang-rae
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 496
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
- Date 2011-03-01
- Features Price on Product - Canadian
- Bookseller's Inventory # GRP65990271
- ISBN 9781594485015 / 1594485011
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 7.95 x 5.13 x 1.13 in (20.19 x 13.03 x 2.87 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Refugee children, Korean War, 1950-1953 - Social aspects
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
June Han was orphaned as a girl by the Korean War. 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 attention of Sylvie Tanner, a beautiful yet deeply damaged missionary.
As Lee masterfully 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.
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- Entertainment Weekly, 02/18/2011, Page 79
- New York Times Book Review, 03/12/2011, Page 24