{"id":7594,"date":"1997-03-02T20:22:00","date_gmt":"1997-03-03T00:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=7594"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:34:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:34:10","slug":"native-speaker-by-chang-rae-lee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/native-speaker-by-chang-rae-lee\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Speaker by Chang-rae Lee [in What Do I Read Next? 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He\u2019s assigned to spy on John Kwang, a rising Korean American politician who for Park represents the immigrant success story. Park becomes embroiled in the political world, only to learn that nothing is at it seems to be, even his own sense of identity. <em>Native Speaker<\/em> marks the debut of truly a major new talent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 1995<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6981\" title=\"Native Speaker\" src=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/native-speaker.jpg\" alt=\"Native Speaker\" width=\"123\" height=\"193\" \/>Korean American Henry Park is a spy whose life is falling apart: his wife just left him, his son died tragically, he has yet to make peace with his dead father. He\u2019s assigned to spy on John Kwang, a rising Korean American politician who for Park represents the immigrant success story. Park becomes embroiled in the political world, only to learn that nothing is at it seems to be, even his own sense of identity. <em>Native Speaker<\/em> marks the debut of truly a major new talent. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com\/files\/2009\/09\/what-do-i-read-next.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Asian American Titles,&#8221; <em>What Do I Read Next? 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