{"product_id":"a-tender-age","title":"A Tender Age","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChang-rae Lee \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of six other novels, including \n\u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Hemingway Foundation\/PEN Award for first fiction, and \n\u003ci\u003eThe Surrendered\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A 2021 winner of the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Stanford University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[A] beautiful coming-of-age tale.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Lee is] such a beautiful writer...Very evocative...rich and immersive.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Podcast, \"The Book Review\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Lee tracks his young protagonist's brutal education in the perversity of life...with breathtaking nuance and literary artistry...Each detail in each stunning and dramatic scene is vital and clarion... highly charged and resonant.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(STARRED REVIEW) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Lee's striking latest...hits hard.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(STARRED REVIEW)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A melancholy, emotionally rich story of preadolescent struggles.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus \u003c\/i\u003e(STARRED REVIEW)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for Chang-rae Lee\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I have no choice but to ask: Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee?\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Nothing is rushed; nothing is overlooked... Lee understands that in art and in stories what is perhaps most valuable is not what can be explained but what can be felt.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e-The Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The prose Chang-rae Lee writes is elliptical, riddling, poetic...beautifully made.\" \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[Chang-rae Lee] explores the fundamental human desires to be seen and to love.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"Lee's writing style, as usual, is alive with wit and satiric social commentary... boisterous and fun.\" -- \n\u003cb\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eFresh Air\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE BOSTON GLOBE\u003c\/i\u003e, GOODREADS, AND\u003ci\u003e LITERARY HUB\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee?\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He has redefined not only what it means to be American, but the fabric of the Great American Novel itself.\" --Jhumpa Lahiri \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize finalist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA spellbinding exploration of American masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants, \n\u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e joins the rich tradition of the American bildungsroman. The natural descendent of characters like Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caufield, Korean-American Jeon-Gi is torn between competing ideas of himself. At home, his working-class parents dote on him. Outside, he is part of a roving pack of kids with dominion over a derelict baseball field, weedy parking lot, and rusty jungle gym. Getting into and out of trouble is all-consuming. But the summer he turns eleven, he becomes embroiled in a staggering series of events reverberating far beyond himself and his family. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDevastating in its emotional precision, \n\u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e captures a family and community in striking distance of the American dream, and a young person on the precipice of adult knowledge, looking at his own culpability and looking away--then thinking about it for the rest of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 05\/01\/2026 pg. 113 (EAN 9798217048441, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/01\/2026 (EAN 9798217048441, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/15\/2026 (EAN 9798217048441, Hardcover) - *Starred Review\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/30\/0001 (EAN 9798217048441, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496247689494,"sku":"9798217048441","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9798217048441.jpg?v=1783058160","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/a-tender-age","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}