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The Surrendered
by Lee, Chang-rae
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594489769
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489761
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover in publisher's non price-clipped dust-jacket. 469 pages. First edition, first printing with full number line. The award winning author's fourth novel "exploring themes of identity and belonging, war and memory, [and Love and money." A copy of an extensive review from the Princeton Alumni Weekly laid-in. No previous ownership marks. Incidental ink smudge to fore-edge, else a clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Near fine in a fine dust-jacket. .
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
- Great Expectations Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018600
- Title
- The Surrendered
- Author
- Lee, Chang-rae
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594489769
- ISBN 13
- 9781594489761
- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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