{"product_id":"country-of-origin-revised-9780393327069","title":"Country of Origin (Revised)","description":"\u003cp\u003eLisa 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, Tom Hurley, who is half-Korean and half-white, is assigned to her case at the American embassy, as is local cop Kenzo Ota, who is 100 percent Japanese but deemed an outsider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 322\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.58w x 0.85d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393327069\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/10\/2005 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLee, Don:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDon Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of the novels \u003cem\u003eThe Collective\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWrack and Ruin\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCountry of Origin\u003c\/em\u003e, and the story collection \u003cem\u003eYellow\u003c\/em\u003e. He has received an American Book Award, the Asian\/Pacific American Award for Literature, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction, the Edgar Award for Best First Novel, an O. Henry Award, and a Pushcart Prize. He teaches in the MFA program in creative writing at Temple University and splits his time between Philadelphia and Baltimore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43125479309427,"sku":"9.78039E+12","price":25.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_7478b877-6235-4dcf-8ae5-c8408c8e799a.jpg?v=1749648143","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/country-of-origin-revised-9780393327069","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}