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245 10 a| Native Speakerh| [electronic resource];

260 b| Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks) [Imprint]a| New York : b| Penguin Publishing Group;

300 a| 384 p.c| 08.000 x 05.200 in.;

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520 8 a| Annotationb| The debut novel from critically-acclaimed and New York Timesbestselling author Chang-rae Lee.InNative Speaker, author Chang-rae Lee introduces readers to Henry Park. Park has spent his entire life trying to become a true Americana native speaker. But even as the essence of his adopted country continues to elude him, his Korean heritage seems to drift further and further away.Park's harsh Korean upbringing has taught him to hide his emotions, to remember everything he learns, and most of all to feel an overwhelming sense of alienation. In other words, it has shaped him as a natural spy.But the very attributes that help him to excel in his profession put a strain on his marriage to his American wife and stand in the way of his coming to terms with his young son's death. When he is assigned to spy on a rising Korean-American politician, his very identity is tested, and he must figure out who he is amid not only the conflicts within himself but also within the ethnic and political tensions of the New York City streets.Native Speakeris a story of cultural alienation. It is about fathers and sons, about the desire to connect with the world rather than stand apart from it, about loyalty and betrayal, about the alien in all of us and who we finally are.His most recent book, On Such a Full Sea, will be published in January 2014..;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

586 a| Ernest Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (won), 1996;

586 a| American Book Award (won), 1996;

586 a| Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award (won), 1996;

586 a| American Library Association Notable Books (won), 1996;

650 4 a| Fictionx| General;

650 4 a| Fictionx| Espionage;

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Native Speaker

Author/creator	Lee, Chang-Rae Author
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks) [Imprint] New York : Penguin Publishing Group
Description	384 p. 08.000 x 05.200 in.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Fiction--General. Fiction--Espionage.

Summary	Annotation The debut novel from critically-acclaimed and New York Timesbestselling author Chang-rae Lee.InNative Speaker, author Chang-rae Lee introduces readers to Henry Park. Park has spent his entire life trying to become a true Americana native speaker. But even as the essence of his adopted country continues to elude him, his Korean heritage seems to drift further and further away.Park's harsh Korean upbringing has taught him to hide his emotions, to remember everything he learns, and most of all to feel an overwhelming sense of alienation. In other words, it has shaped him as a natural spy.But the very attributes that help him to excel in his profession put a strain on his marriage to his American wife and stand in the way of his coming to terms with his young son's death. When he is assigned to spy on a rising Korean-American politician, his very identity is tested, and he must figure out who he is amid not only the conflicts within himself but also within the ethnic and political tensions of the New York City streets.Native Speakeris a story of cultural alienation. It is about fathers and sons, about the desire to connect with the world rather than stand apart from it, about loyalty and betrayal, about the alien in all of us and who we finally are.His most recent book, On Such a Full Sea, will be published in January 2014..
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Awards note	Ernest Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (won), 1996
Awards note	American Book Award (won), 1996
Awards note	Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Award (won), 1996
Awards note	American Library Association Notable Books (won), 1996
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	94032241
ISBN	9781573225311
ISBN	1573225312 (Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier#	9781573225311
Stock number	00109435

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