The Foreign Student
by Susan Choi 2020-04-21 04:41:19
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"Two very unlikely worlds intersect in "The Foreign Student", war-ravaged Korea and the genteel culture of Sewanee, Tennessee. In gracious prose, Susan Choi renders their cruelties, their lies, and their beauty". --Arthur Golden, author of "Memoirs o... Read more
"Two very unlikely worlds intersect in "The Foreign Student", war-ravaged Korea and the genteel culture of Sewanee, Tennessee. In gracious prose, Susan Choi renders their cruelties, their lies, and their beauty". --Arthur Golden, author of "Memoirs of a Geisha"

"This wonderful hybrid of a novel-- a love story, a war story, a novel of manners--introduces a writer of enchanting gifts, a beautiful heart wedded to a beautiful imagination. How else does Susan Choi so fully inhabit characters from disparate backgrounds, with such brilliant wit and insight? "The Foreign Student" stirs up great and lovely emotions". --Francisco Goldman, author of "The Ordinary Seaman"

"A powerful and involving book... written in] a style that can accommodate both the broad forces of history and the most intimate of lives". --Lamar Herrin, author of "The Lies Boys Tell"

"A novel of secrets that unfold like the leaves on an artichoke. "The Foreign Student" is a mosaic of betrayal in peace and war that marks the debut of a gifted young novelist wise beyond her years". --John Gregory Dunne Less

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  • 5.81x8.56x1.07inches
  • 325
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • September 1, 2004
  • English
  • 9780060191498
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Susan Choi’s first novel, The Foreign Student, won the Asian-American Literary Award for fiction. Her second novel, American Woman, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and was adapted into a...
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