{"product_id":"book-ebe7","title":"My Year Abroad","description":"\u003cb\u003eINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK\u003cbr\u003eNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY \u003ci\u003eVOGUE\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, AND \u003ci\u003eMARIE CLAIRE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A manifesto to happiness—the one found when you stop running from who you are.” –\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e “An extraordinary book, acrobatic on the level of the sentence, symphonic across its many movements—and this is a book that moves…\u003ci\u003eMy Year Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e is a wild ride—a caper, a romance, a bildungsroman, and something of a satire of how to get filthy rich in rising Asia.” \u003ci\u003e– Vogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNative Speaker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Such a Full Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, and the forthoming novel \u003ci\u003eA Tender Age\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\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the breathtaking, “precise, elliptical prose” that Chang-rae Lee is known for (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eMy Year Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e is 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, \u003ci\u003eMy Year Abroad\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel that only Chang-rae Lee could have written, and one that will be read and discussed for years to come.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49326714716464,"sku":"BDebe7","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/ebe7-Square-cover.jpg?v=1773694172","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ebe7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}