title: Multicultural American Literature: Comparative Black, Native, Latino/a, and Asian American Fictions
author:  A. Robert Lee 
description: A comparative analysis of recent ethnic writing that has enlarged the spectrum of American literature
zlib_text: 
  
  
  
  
  
  ![Cover for Native Speaker](../image/cover.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Praise for _Native Speaker_
  
  
  Winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award
  
  
  Winner of an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation
  
  
  Winner of the Oregon Book Award
  
  
  Winner of the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award
  
  
  Winner of QPB’s New Voices Award for Best New Fiction
  
  
  An ALA Notable Book for Adults
  
  
  “A lyrical page-turner . . . his story still speaks[s] to the reader long
  after the book is closed.”
  
  
  — _Seattle Weekly_
  
  
  “Absorbing . . . Masterfully written . . . Ultimately, _Native Speaker_ is a
  broad reflection on the fragility of society’s primal forces—marriage, blood,
  race, love. Lee writes with tremendous insight and respect for such forces,
  avoiding clichéd sentimentalism. And yet he leaves readers with a lingering
  hope, a faint smile, a new appreciation that there are native speakers from
  many countries, each with stories equally compelling . . . Rarely are such
  stories so w