Native Speaker (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Chang-rae Lee
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Language or languages, Child rearing or parenting, Family or family life, Parents and children, Marriage, Asian Americans, Korea or Koreans, Drunk driving or drivers
- Locales: New York, NY, El Paso, TX
Native Speaker was the thesis written by Chang-rae Lee to earn his M.F.A. degree from the University of Oregon in 1993. In 1995, the novel became the first book published by Riverhead Books, a subsidiary of what became Penguin Putnam. Committed to books that open up new views and present new ideas, Riverhead fared very well with Lee's novel, which became an instant critical and commercial success and launched its author's career.
The novel begins when its first-person narrator and young protagonist, well-spoken and well-educated Henry Park, accepts a new assignment from...
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