A Gesture Life

Title

A Gesture Life

Subject

Japanese Americans -- Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care -- Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Fiction. Koreans -- Japan -- Fiction. New York (State) -- Fiction. Psychic trauma -- Fiction. Comfort women -- Fiction. Adoptees -- Fiction. Retirees -- Fiction.

Description

The secret life of a Japanese-American pharmacist in a small town in New York. On the surface a model of propriety and serenity, he is torn by memories of his service in the Japanese army in World War II and the comfort woman he loved and could not save.

Creator

Lee, Chang-rae

Publisher

Penguin Books

Date

1999

Type

PS3562 .E3347 G4

Identifier

2003.500.014

Collection