{"product_id":"my-year-abroad-chang-rae-lee","title":"My Year Abroad (Chang-Rae Lee)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn Such a Full Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, an exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure – and about the human capacities for pleasure, pain, and connection.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTiller is an average American college student with a good heart but minimal aspirations. Pong Lou is a larger-than-life, wildly creative Chinese American entrepreneur who sees something intriguing in Tiller beyond his bored exterior and takes him under his wing. When Pong brings him along on a boisterous trip across Asia, Tiller is catapulted from ordinary young man to talented protégé, and pulled into a series of ever more extreme and eye-opening experiences that transform his view of the world, of Pong, and of himself. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the breathtaking, “precise, elliptical prose” that Chang-rae Lee is known for (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), the narrative alternates between Tiller’s outlandish, mind-boggling year with Pong and the strange, riveting, emotionally complex domestic life that follows it, as Tiller processes what happened to him abroad and what it means for his future. Rich with commentary on Western attitudes, Eastern stereotypes, capitalism, global trade, mental health, parenthood, mentorship, and more, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Year Abroad \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis also an exploration of the surprising effects of cultural immersion—on a young American in Asia, on a Chinese man in America, and on an unlikely couple hiding out in the suburbs. Tinged at once with humor and darkness, electric with its accumulating surprises and suspense, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Year Abroad \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis a novel that only Chang-rae Lee could have written, and one that will be read and discussed for years to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32954165395503,"sku":"01MYY1921","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0051\/1954\/1312\/products\/MyYearAbroad.jpg?v=1613173102","url":"https:\/\/nowservingla.live\/products\/my-year-abroad-chang-rae-lee","provider":"Now Serving","version":"1.0","type":"link"}