A Gesture Life
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.
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- Penguin Publishing Group
- ISBN-13
- 9788959242573
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Awards
Other awarded books from Chang-Rae Lee
- On Such a Full Sea (2014)0 wins · 7 score
- The Surrendered (2010)0 wins · 4 score
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