Native Speaker (Penguin Drop Caps)

by Chang-rae Lee

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ONE OF THE ATLANTIC’S GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS OF THE PAST 100 YEARS

The debut novel from critically acclaimed and New York Times–bestselling author of On Such a Full Sea and My Year Abroad.


In Native Speaker, author Chang-rae Lee introduces readers to Henry Park. Park has spent his entire life trying to become a true American—a native speaker. But even as the essence of his adopted country continues to elude him, his Korean heritage seems to drift further and further away.

Park's harsh Korean upbringing has taught him to hide his emotions, to remember everything he...Read more
  • ISBN10 1573225312
  • ISBN13 9781573225311
  • Publish Date 1 March 1996 (first published 21 March 1995)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 1 December 1998
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Ravenhead Books