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The Surrendered

The Surrendered

by Chang - Rae Lee (Author)

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    Hardcover 2010

    $3.42
Synopsis

June Han has forged a life thousands of miles from her birthplace: she has built a business in New York, survived a husband, borne a child. But her past holds more secrets than she has ever been able to tell, and thirty years after her escape from war-ravaged Korea, the time has come for her to confront them. Hector Brennan, fighter, drinker and 'failure grand and total', is the man who long ago saved June's life. And between them lies the story of the beautiful, damaged Sylvie Tanner, whose elusive love they both once sought. On a journey that takes them from the scorched hillsides and abandoned rice paddies of a shattered Korea to a blood-soaked century-old Italian battlefield, together June and Hector go in search of their past, bound together by a legacy of shocking acts of violence and love. Compelling, suspenseful and unforgettable, THE SURRENDERED is a stunning epic of war, redemption and human longing. It is a masterpiece.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 480
 Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Published: 20 May 2010
ISBN 10: 140870238X
ISBN 13: 9781408702383

Media Reviews
** 'Masterful ... THE SURRENDERED bursts with drama and human anguish ... Powerful, deeply felt, compulsively readable and imbued with moral gravity, the novel does not peter out into easy redemption. It's a harrowing tale: bleak, haunting and often heart-breaking - and not to be missed' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ** 'Chang-rae Lee has created such a tour de force that its images and narrative linger for a long time after reading' BOOKSELLER'S CHOICE ** 'A major achievement, and likely to be remembered as one of this year's best books' KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW ** 'Tthe most ambitious and compelling novel of Chang -rae Lee's already impressive career. Readers will be swept up in the power of The Surrendered and its characters' aching and indelible stories' Michiko Kakutani, NEW YORK TIMES
Author Bio
Chang-rae Lee is the author of the bestselling novel Native Speaker, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/Pen award. He teaches at Princeton University.