Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
The tragic tension between Franklin's need to communicate the horror which has shaped his life, and the guilt which has kept him silent are at the heart of this unforgettable work of humane understanding.
Gesture Life
Summary
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. The reasons for his solitude and self-control are laid bare as the mystery of Hata's wartime past is revealed.
Gesture Life Summary
About Chang-Rae Lee
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 Yale and is the director of the newly established writing programme at Hunter College in New York. His first novel, Native Speaker, is also available from Granta Books.
Additional information
GOR001153982
9781862073371
1862073376
Gesture Life by Chang-Rae Lee
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Granta Books
20000203
368
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