University Wire, September 14th, 1999
University Wire 09-14-1999 (Michigan Daily) (U-WIRE) ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Chang-rae Lee has won acclaim from many corners in his nascent career as a novelist, but perhaps he would be able to claim more if not for the one way in which he seems to undermine his reputation. He writes books that remind too many people of favorite books that have already been written. As a result, certain critics spend half their energy nattering over the kinship between Lee's triumphant debut, "Native Speaker," and Ralph Ellison's monumental "Invisible Man," a modern epic which casts a singularly unlucky shadow fro...
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