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Chang-Rae Lee, born on July 29, 1965, is a renowned American novelist. His works focus on American society and culture, particularly exploring themes of race, identity, and class. Lee's unique writing style has won him a wide audience.

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“Yeah, and the language the "we" has, and the character the "we" has. Because that was the part of the book that I didn't plan out, but the part that I was most curious about as I was writing. You know what you're doing, but you're sometimes still sort of curious as you're writing it.”

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“Usually, when you're talking about work with other writers it's because something seriously bad is going on with your work and you've absolutely thrown out a lifeline and you're hoping that someone will help you with something. Either there's some bad feeling you have about the work, or sometimes it's not specific - just kind of solidarity.”

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“Not to any really influential effect, but certainly there have been comments that have surprised me. It's surprising sometimes to get particular perspectives on your work, and it's enlightening sometimes to know that non-writers and readers out there have certain assumptions about everything that I both want to keep in mind and want to forget about why I write, and about the connection between me as a private person and the stuff that I think about on the page.”

“Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what their novels are about. Sometimes you feel like certain novelists are like that.”

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“For sometimes you can't help but crave some ruin in what you love.”

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Book:On Such a Full Sea: A Novel

Source: On Such a Full Sea: A Novel

“You can be affected by a person because of something particular they said or did but sometimes how a person was, a manner of being, that gets most deeply absorbed, and prompts you to revisit certain parts of your life with an enhanced perspective, flowing forward right up to now.”

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Book:On Such a Full Sea: A Novel

Source: On Such a Full Sea: A Novel

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Born: July 29, 1965
Known for: Novelist
Quotes: 74

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