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A Gesture Life audiobook
- By: Chang-Rae Lee
- Narrator: Greg Watanabe
- Category: Asian American, Fiction
- Length: 12 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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A Gesture Life Audiobook Summary
The second novel from the critically acclaimed New York Times–bestselling author Chang-rae Lee.
His remarkable debut novel was called “rapturous” (The New York Times Book Review), “revelatory” (Vogue), and “wholly innovative” (Kirkus Reviews). It was the recipient of six major awards, including the prestigious Hemingway Foundation/PEN award. Now Chang-rae Lee has written a powerful and beautifully crafted second novel that leaves no doubt about the extraordinary depth and range of his talent.
A Gesture Life is the story of a proper man, an upstanding citizen who has come to epitomize the decorous values of his New York suburban town. Courteous, honest, hardworking, and impenetrable, Franklin Hata, a Japanese man of Korean birth, is careful never to overstep his boundaries and to make his neighbors comfortable in his presence. Yet as his story unfolds, precipitated by the small events surrounding him, we see his life begin to unravel. Gradually we learn the mystery that has shaped the core of his being: his terrible, forbidden love for a young Korean Comfort Woman when he served as a medic in the Japanese army during World War II.
In A Gesture Life, Chang-rae Lee leads us with dazzling control through a taut, suspenseful story about love, family, and community—and the secrets we harbor. As in Native Speaker, he writes of the ways outsiders conform in order to survive and the price they pay for doing so. It is a haunting, breathtaking display of talent by an acclaimed young author.
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A Gesture Life Full Details
| Narrator | Greg Watanabe |
| Length | 12 hours 24 minutes |
| Author | Chang-Rae Lee |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | May 04, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780525638858 |
Subjects
The publisher of the A Gesture Life is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: native speaker, historical, family, relationships, historical fiction books, medical, doctor, relationship books, alternate history, books historical fiction, doctors, historical fiction, fiction, novels, asian, fiction books, historical novels, books fiction, asian american, historical fiction novels, asian fiction, wwii, war, literary fiction, 20th century, romance, aging, mystery, feminism, classic, ww2, short stories, death, marriage, love, world war ii, adoption, saga, american literature, philosophy, love story, friendship, Fiction, Asian American, Fiction, Historical, Fiction, Medical The BISAC Subject Code is Asian American, Fiction
Additional info
The publisher of the A Gesture Life is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Penguin Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780525638858.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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