The Surrendered
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AuthorChang-Rae Lee
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherRiverhead Books
Publication date
March 2010
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages469

The Surrendered is a novel by Chang-Rae Lee about the lives of three characters during the Korean War.[1][2][3] The novel also flashes back to the Japanese invasion of Manchuria and flashes forward to the 1980s in New York City and Italy. The book makes references to the Gallic Wars, Hector, and A Memory of Solferino, among other works. It was nominated as a finalist for the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[4] It won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for fiction in 2011.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Wood, James (8 March 2010). "Keeping It Real". The New Yorker.
  2. ^ Rafferty, Terrence (March 12, 2010). "Death Pursues Her (Published 2010)". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "The Surrendered by Chang-Rae Lee | Book review". the Guardian. June 18, 2010.
  4. ^ "2011 Pulitzer Prizes". www.pulitzer.org.
  5. ^ Young, Bill (April 2, 2021). "An epic story told by Chang-Rae Lee". www.oakpark.com. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

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