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Book 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 Continue
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readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010
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The cauterised heart
A Gesture Life Chang-rae Lee Granta, £16.99 Buy it at BOL The breach of a 50-year silence over the estimated 200,000 Asian - mainly Korean - women and girls forced into sexual service as "comfort women" for Japanese troops in the second world war has ... (read full critics)
guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010
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- English Books
- Paperback 368 Pages
- Edition: 1st Riverhead Trade Pbk. Ed
- ISBN-10: 1573228281
- ISBN-13: 9781573228282
- Publisher: Riverhead Trade
- Pub date: Oct 01, 2000
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover and Others
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| ISBN | Edition | List | Sale | Seller |
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| 9781573228282 | Paperback | $15.00 | $10.24 | bn.com |
| $15.00 | $9.99 | The Book Depository | ||
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Jacob F Fitzgerald 
'A Gesture Life' by Chang-Rae Lee
Every so often you come across a book that makes you rejoice in the sheer beauty of the English language and the power of the novel to change your perspective on so many different things. In A Gesture Life Chang-Rae Lee has delivered one of the most ... (read full critics)