The Surrendered

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The Surrendered is a novel by Chang-Rae Lee about the lives of three characters during the Korean War.[1][2][3] It was nominated as a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[4]

Characters

  • June Han - A Korean girl who became an orphan after the death of her family
  • Hector Brennan - American janitor and former soldier of Korean War
  • Sylvie Tanner - wife of a missionary who had a troubled past and becomes involved in an affair with Hector
  • Benjamin Li - Sylvie's mentor
  • Ames Tanner - Sylvie's husband
  • Nicolas - June's and Hector's son
  • Reverend Han - a man who taken care of oprhans
  • Min - an orphan who becomes Hector's friend

References

  1. ↑ http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2010/03/15/100315crat_atlarge_wood
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/books/review/Rafferty-t.html
  3. ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jun/19/the-surrendered-chang-rae-lee
  4. ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2011-Fiction

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