Native Speaker
by:
Chang-rae Lee (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781587242892 (1587242893)
Publish date: September 1st 2002
Publisher: Wheeler Publishing
Pages no: 448
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Academic,
Literature,
Book Club,
Read For School,
American,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
New York
I cannot believe this novel is 30 years old. I don't know how Chang-rae Lee made a story so steeped in the specific experience of Korean-american families feel so personal to very different audiences. I can't believe he did it all in a spy story. But, here it is, his first novel, Native Speaker and ...
Chang Rae-Lee is raking it in. 'Native Speaker' has been picked up by the ethnic studies mafia that operates in US universities, and so hundreds if not thousands of people have to read this book every year. what a genius !that said, at least Native Speaker is a pretty good read. it gets skippy at po...
I have never liked a book so much without knowing why exactly.
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