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![]() Native Speaker is a story of cultural alienation. When he is assigned to spy on a rising Korean-American politician, his very identity is tested, and he must figure out who he is amid not only the conflicts within himself but also within the ethnic and political tensions of the New York City streets. In other words, it has shaped him as a natural spy.īut the very attributes that help him to excel in his profession put a strain on his marriage to his American wife and stand in the way of his coming to terms with his young son's death. ![]() Park's harsh Korean upbringing has taught him to hide his emotions, to remember everything he learns, and most of all to feel an overwhelming sense of alienation. But even as the essence of his adopted country continues to elude him, his Korean heritage seems to drift further and further away. Park has spent his entire life trying to become a true American-a native speaker. In Native Speaker, author Chang-rae Lee introduces readers to Henry Park. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. ![]() United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. ![]()
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