http://www.bookdwarf.com/?p=1146 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:24:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.bookdwarf.com/?p=1146&cpage=1#comment-37541 Electric treadmill Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:59:46 +0000 http://www.bookdwarf.com/?p=1146#comment-37541 With his three critically acclaimed novels, Chang-rae Lee has established himself as one of the most talented writers of contemporary literary fiction. Now, with The Surrendered, Lee has created a book that amplifies everything we've seen in his previous works, and reads like nothing else. It is a brilliant, haunting, heartbreaking story about how love and war inalterably change the lives of those they touch. With his three critically acclaimed novels, Chang-rae Lee has established himself as one of the most talented writers of contemporary literary fiction. Now, with The Surrendered, Lee has created a book that amplifies everything we’ve seen in his previous works, and reads like nothing else. It is a brilliant, haunting, heartbreaking story about how love and war inalterably change the lives of those they touch.

]]> http://www.bookdwarf.com/?p=1146&cpage=1#comment-37494 Mabel K (Australia) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:46:13 +0000 http://www.bookdwarf.com/?p=1146#comment-37494 Another book telling a powerful immigrant story is: Double Crossing by Eve Tal. It's sequal: Cursing Columbus is another compelling read. Another book telling a powerful immigrant story is: Double Crossing by Eve Tal. It’s sequal: Cursing Columbus is another compelling read.

]]> http://www.bookdwarf.com/?p=1146&cpage=1#comment-37306 DJH in Tucson Tue, 15 Dec 2009 01:34:22 +0000 http://www.bookdwarf.com/?p=1146#comment-37306 As The Surrendered is centered on a rather diverse cultural experience, you may enjoy (and may already have read) Junot Diaz' The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao — a powerful perspective of the immigrant experience, in this case, for a Dominican immigrant. As a warning, it can be a bit disturbing at times, especially in the narrative about the dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. But Diaz has a very confident voice here and litters the story with Spanglish that makes it sound genuinely street-savvy. And the contemporary cultural allusions are great. As The Surrendered is centered on a rather diverse cultural experience, you may enjoy (and may already have read) Junot Diaz’ The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao — a powerful perspective of the immigrant experience, in this case, for a Dominican immigrant. As a warning, it can be a bit disturbing at times, especially in the narrative about the dictatorship in the Dominican Republic. But Diaz has a very confident voice here and litters the story with Spanglish that makes it sound genuinely street-savvy. And the contemporary cultural allusions are great.

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