The Surrendered

A brilliant haunting story about beauty loyalty memory and waranunforgettable novel that returns to themes of expatriatism and Korean culturethat first made Cha... » 

A brilliant haunting story about beauty loyalty memory and waranunforgettable novel that returns to themes of expatriatism and Korean culturethat first made Changrae Lees reputation. The bestselling and awardwinningauthor of Native Speaker A Gesture Life and Aloft returns with amasterful new novel. A spellbinding story startling in its insights andimpact The Surrendered amplifies the gifts we have seen in Lees previousworks and written in the third person evokes a whole new narrative power. InThe Surrendered the lasting memory of the Korean War changes the lives oftwo of its survivorsa Korean girl and an American vetas well as the lives ofthose who come to know them. Hector Brennan was a handsome GI stationed inKorea during the war. June Han was a girl orphaned by the fighting. For aseason of wartime existence their lives overlapped at a missionaryrunorphanage. Now thirty years later they are reunited in the United States inan unusual mission that will force them to come to terms with their individualexperiences of that time but also the secret they share. As Changrae Leemoves back and forth between 195 0s Korea and 198 0s New York New Jersey andItaly he weaves a stunning layered storyexploring issues of class identitycultural memory loyalty betrayal and personal reinventionin the subtlyemotional way that readers have come to expect. Building to a powerfulrevelation of the novels captivating mystery this is a beautiful mesmerizingwork elegantly suspenseful and deeply affecting. «