The Good Man: A Novel by Edward Jae-Suk Lee [in AsianWeek]
Undoubtedly, this 29-year-old author can write. His story is a little too convoluted, but it’s well worth the read. Gabriel Guttman (in German, ‘Gutmann’ is literally “good man”), a grisled Korean War veteran with one good eye, returns to the Montana sheep ranch of his youth, searching for a past he can’t seem to remember. There he finds the Korean woman he rescued as penance for his participation in the No Gun Ri massacre of civilians during the Korean War, her feisty daughter – and their troubled stories. Somewhere in the tangled mess of their denied, tragic past, these three lost souls struggle to find the truth that will finally set them free.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, February 25, 2005
Readers: Adult
Published: 2005
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