by Ha Jin · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099287599
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«Waiting» is the novel by Ha Jin, published by Vintage in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Lin Kong, a doctor in the Chinese army, has been in love for years with the modern, cultured Manna Wu, but remains married to Shuyu, the traditional wife his family chose for him. Every summer he asks for a divorce and his wife agrees, only to change her mind afterwards. The novel portrays the tension between personal desire and social duty in contemporary China.
Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction in 1999 and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 2000, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2000.
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of literary fiction set in contemporary China.
Jin Xuefei is a Chinese American poet and novelist who uses the pen name Ha Jin (哈金). The name Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin. His poetry is associated with the Misty Poetry movement.
