num_pages: 480
description: A stunning story about how love and war inalterably change the lives of those they touch The Surrendered is elegant suspenseful and unforgettable: a profound meditation on the nature of heroism and sacrifice the power of love and the possibilities for mercy and salvation.With his three critically acclaimed novels Chang-rae Lee has established himself as one of the most talented writers of contemporary literary fiction. Now with The Surrendered Lee has created a book that amplifies everything we've seen in his previous works and reads like nothing else. It is a brilliant haunting heartbreaking story about how love and war inalterably change the lives of those they touch. June Han was only a girl when the Korean War left her orphaned; Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled the petty tragedies of his small town to serve his country. When the war ended their lives collided at a Korean orphanage where they vied for the attentions of Sylvie Tanner the beautiful yet deeply damaged missionary wife whose elusive love seemed to transform everything. Thirty years later and on the other side of the world June and Hector are reunited in a plot that will force them to come to terms with the mysterious secrets of their past and the shocking acts of love and violence that bind them together. As Lee unfurls the stunning story of June Hector and Sylvie he weaves a profound meditation on the nature of heroism and sacrifice the power of love and the possibilities for mercy salvation and surrendering oneself to another. Combining the complex themes of identity and belonging of Native Speaker and A Gesture Life with the broad range energy and pure storytelling gifts of Aloft Chang-rae Lee has delivered his most ambitious exciting and unforgettable work yet. It is a mesmerizing novel elegantly suspenseful and deeply affecting.
language: English
title: The Surrendered
publisher: Riverhead Books