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The surrendered

At the end of the Korean War, the lives of orphan June Han and American soldier Hector Brennan collide. Thirty years later, they meet again and are forced to come to terms with the secrets of their devastating past.

Main Author: Lee, Chang-rae.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Riverhead Books, 2010.
Subjects:
Koreans > New York (State) > New York > Fiction.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Social aspects > Fiction.
Refugee children > Fiction.
Epic fiction.
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Summary: At the end of the Korean War, the lives of orphan June Han and American soldier Hector Brennan collide. Thirty years later, they meet again and are forced to come to terms with the secrets of their devastating past.
Physical Description: 469 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781594489761
1594489769
Author Notes: Chang-Rae Lee was born in Korea and moved to the United States when he was a small child. He later attended Yale University and is currently a professor at the University of Oregon.

Lee became the first Korean-American novelist to be published by notable American press with his novel, Native Speaker. The novel was awarded the Heminway Foundation PEN Award. In 2014, he made The New York Times Best Seller List for his title On Such a Full Sea.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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