My Year Abroad

Name: My Year Abroad
Author: Chang-rae Lee

Set in 3 places · 1 primary

Sense of Place

4/5

Set in

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Shenzhen · China
Primary Asian setting; Tiller works in Shenzhen during his year abroad
★ primary
New Jersey · United States
Fictional suburb Dunbar in New Jersey; and fictional witness-protection town Stagno on the Eastern Seaboard
Macau · Macau
Key stop on Tiller's year abroad; pivotal scene involving a Macau brothel