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Country of Origin: A Novel
Country of Origin A Novel
Author: Don Lee
A dazzling debut novel by the prize-winning author of Yellow, set in the unique and exotic nightworld of Tokyo. Lisa Countryman is a woman of complex origins. Half-Japanese, adopted by African American parents, she returns to Tokyo, ostensibly to research her thesis on Japan's "sad, brutal reign of conformity." When she vanishes, ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780393327069
ISBN-10: 039332706X
Publication Date: 4/2005
Pages: 315
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3.7 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Very interesting read. Well developed characters with complex motives. The story line provides surprises and quirks that are not easily anticipated - a good mystery that dwells on important issues concerning racial identity, group and nationalisitic cohesiveness and the very human desire to belong.
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