A Gesture Life: A Novel
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| Title: | A Gesture Life: A Novel |
| Author(s): | Chang-Rae Lee |
| Publisher: | Riverhead Trade |
| Publication Date: | October 2000 |
| Genre: | Uncategorized |
| Summary: | Product Description: The riveting story of a Japanese immigrant who leads a proper, decorous life in a New York suburb. As his life slowly unravels, he is transported back to his days as a medic in the Japanese army in World War II, and his obsessive love of a young comfort woman. "Not since Kazuo Ishiguro's Remains of the Day has there been a novel so attentive to the interplay of dark memory and light manners...a beautiful, solitary, remarkably tender book."-New York Times Book Review "Exceptional...A beautifully tapestried story of seeking identity and acceptance in another culture while remaining separate from the tug of it."--Christian Science Monitor "A Gesture Life is the touching, multilayered rumination of an uneasy psyche. It is also a tragic, horrifying page-turner, whose evocation of wartime victims is unforgettable...a deeply involving tale."-Chicago Tribune A Gesture Life is: "Unforgettable."-USA Today "Mesmerizing."-San Francisco Chronicle Book Review "Masterly."-Newsweek "Magnificent."-Newsday "Beautiful."-Los Angeles Times Book Review "Hugely affecting."-Boston Globe "Remarkable."-Kirkus Reviews (starred) One Of The Most Celebrated Novels of the Year A New York Times Notable Book A Los Angeles Times Notable Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Notable Book of the Year A Finalist for the New Yorker Book Award An Esquire Distinguished Book of the Year Talk Magazine's Best Book of 1999 An ALA Notable Book of the Year A St. Louis Post-Dispatch Notable Book of the Year |
| List Name: | POPULAR |
| ISBN: | 1573228281 |