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Chang-rae Lee


Born
in Seoul, Korea, Republic of
July 29, 1965

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Contemporary


Chang-rae Lee is a Korean-American novelist and a professor of creative writing at Stanford University. He was previously Professor of Creative Writing at Princeton and director of Princeton's Program in Creative Writing. ...more

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Average rating: 3.6 · 42,032 ratings · 5,562 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors
On Such a Full Sea
3.49 avg rating — 11,835 ratings — published 2014 — 25 editions
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Native Speaker
3.75 avg rating — 9,023 ratings — published 1995 — 25 editions
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My Year Abroad
3.40 avg rating — 8,172 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions
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The Surrendered
3.67 avg rating — 4,883 ratings — published 2009 — 43 editions
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A Gesture Life
3.79 avg rating — 4,727 ratings — published 1999 — 41 editions
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Aloft
3.56 avg rating — 2,708 ratings — published 2004 — 40 editions
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Coming Home Again
4.37 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1995 — 4 editions
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Sea Urchin
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Quotes by Chang-rae Lee  (?)
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“It is 'where we are' that should make all the difference, whether we believe we belong there or not.”
― Chang-rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea
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“For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.”
― Chang-rae Lee, On Such a Full Sea
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“...whether the people are happy or not in their lives, they have learned to keep steadily moving, moving all the time.”
― Chang Rae Lee, Gesture Life
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Polls

July SCIENCE FICTION: This first round poll decides which 2 books will go on to the second round of polls for our July 2014 SF Book-of-the-Month.

 
  19 votes, 18.3%

 
  15 votes, 14.4%

 
  14 votes, 13.5%

 
  13 votes, 12.5%

 
  8 votes, 7.7%

 
  7 votes, 6.7%

 
  6 votes, 5.8%

 
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  5 votes, 4.8%

 
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  3 votes, 2.9%

 
  1 vote, 1.0%

 
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104 total votes
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