{"product_id":"a-tender-age-9781398562950","title":"A Tender Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted novelist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted novelist, a story of guilt, innocence, and a boy on the cusp of adolescence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA spellbinding exploration of masculinity and family dynamics as seen through the confused eyes of a prepubescent child of immigrants, \u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\u003c\/i\u003e joins the rich tradition of the coming-of-age novel. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevastating in its emotional precision, \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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee?' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'He has redefined not only what it means to be American, but the fabric of the Great American Novel itself.'\u003cb\u003e Jhumpa Lahiri\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781398562950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: Export\/Airside\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 01 Sep 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 23.4(H)x15.3(L)x2.3(W)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003eChang-rae Lee is the author of six other novels, including \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Hemingway Foundation\/PEN Award for first fiction, and \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.\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Chang-rae Lee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'I have no choice but to ask: Who is a greater novelist than Chang-rae Lee?' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\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.'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'The prose Chang-rae Lee writes is elliptical, riddling, poetic...beautifully made.'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e '[Chang-rae Lee] explores the fundamental human desires to be seen and to love.'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Lee’s writing style, as usual, is alive with wit and satiric social commentary… boisterous and fun.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eNational Public Radio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Chang-rae Lee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49241060245721,"sku":"9781398562950","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781398562950.jpg?v=1789264477","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/a-tender-age-9781398562950","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}