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Franklin Hata, Korean by birth but raised in Japan, is an outsider in American society, but he embodies the values of the town he calls his own - he is polite and keeps himself to himself. Franklin deflects everyone with courtesy and impenetrable decorum, and becomes a respected elder of his small, prosperous American town. 'You make a whole life out of gestures and politeness,' Sunny tells her adoptive father. But as Sunny tries to unpick her father's scrupulous self-control, the story he has repressed emerges: his life as a medic in the Japanese Army and his love for a Korean woman forced into sexual service for the troops. This is a compelling novel, told in Franklin's own careful, measured words as he struggles to reconcile the propriety of his current life with the tragedies of the past. Building on the success of the award-winning Native Speaker, A Gesture Life established Lee as a unique and powerful voice in American fiction.
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Chang-Rae Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea, in 1965, and emigrated to the United States when he was three. He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Yale and the University of Oregon. His first novel, Native Speaker, won the PEN/Hemingway Award for Best First Novel and the American Book Award. His work has appeared in The Best American Essays, the New Yorker, the New York Times and numerous anthologies. After the publication of his second novel, A Gesture Life, Lee was named by the New Yorker as one of the twenty best authors under forty in the USA. Lee is the author of two further novels, Aloft and The Surrendered, and is Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton Universty.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Franklin Hata, Korean by birth but raised in Japan, is an outsider in American society, but he embodies the values of the town he calls his own - he is polite and keeps himself to himself. Franklin deflects everyone with courtesy and impenetrable decorum, and becomes a respected elder of his small, prosperous American town. 'You make a whole life out of gestures and politeness,' Sunny tells her adoptive father. But as Sunny tries to unpick her father's scrupulous self-control, the story he has repressed emerges: his life as a medic in the Japanese Army and his love for a Korean woman forced into sexual service for the troops. This is a compelling novel, told in Franklin's own careful, measured words as he struggles to reconcile the propriety of his current life with the tragedies of the past. Building on the success of the award-winning Native Speaker, A Gesture Life established Lee as a unique and powerful voice in American fiction. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR000475021
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Condition: Good. : En 'A Gesture Life', Chang-rae Lee nos presenta a Franklin Hata, un coreano criado en Japón que se siente como un extraño en la sociedad estadounidense. A pesar de ello, encarna los valores de su comunidad, mostrándose siempre cortés y reservado. Sin embargo, tras esta fachada de decoro, Hata esconde un pasado marcado por su experiencia como médico en el ejército japonés durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y su amor por una joven coreana forzada a servir sexualmente a las tropas. A medida que Sunny, su hija adoptiva, intenta desentrañar el hermetismo de su padre, la historia reprimida de Hata emerge, revelando las tragedias que lo persiguen y su lucha por reconciliar su vida actual con los horrores del pasado. EAN: 9781862074019 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: A Gesture Life Autor: Chang-rae Lee Editorial: Granta Books Idioma: en Páginas: 356 Formato: tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-08-21-3a17f520