Native Speaker (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Chang-rae Lee
- First Published: 1995
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Language or languages
- Locales: New York, NY
The Work
Native Speaker is a Korean American narrator’s probe into who he is. The probe is begun when the narrator’s Caucasian wife leaves him. Native Speaker takes place in New York City during a time when Korean markets are being boycotted by black customers, and a Korean American councilman, John Kwang, is a possible candidate for mayor. The narrator, Henry Park, works for a private, CIA-style agency. Henry’s current assignment is to investigate John. Park does not know the purpose of the investigation or who is paying for it; he imagines the client to be...
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