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Description for Waiting
Paperback. Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, is in love with an educated, modern woman, Mannu Wu. But, his family chose a wife for him when he was young. Tracing these lives through their summer of decision, this work conjures the texture of daily life in a place where the demands of human longing must contend with the weight of centuries of wisdom. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 230. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
For more than seventeen years, Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, has been in love with an educated, clever, modern woman, Manna Wu. But back in his traditional home village lives the humble, loyal wife his family chose for him years ago. Every summer, he returns to ask her for a divorce and every summer his compliant wife agrees but then backs out. This time, after eighteen years' waiting, Lin promises it will be different.
For more than seventeen years, Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, has been in love with an educated, clever, modern woman, Manna Wu. But back in his traditional home village lives the humble, loyal wife his family chose for him years ago. Every summer, he returns to ask her for a divorce and every summer his compliant wife agrees but then backs out. This time, after eighteen years' waiting, Lin promises it will be different.
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099287599
SKU
KOC0026655
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Ha Jin
Ha Jin left his native China in 1985 for the USA. He is the author of three novels, Waiting – winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2000 PEN/ Faulkner Award – In the Pond, The Crazed, three collections of stories and three volumes of poetry. He lives near Boston and teaches at Boston University.
Reviews for Waiting
Beautiful and compelling
Daily Mail
Dreamy and beautifully written... Reading it will take you into a different world altogether
Marie Claire
A deliciously comic novel
The Times
Imagine if Romeo and Juliet had been made to stretch out their passion for 18 years, without consummating their love. Now imagine them in China during the ... Read more
Daily Mail
Dreamy and beautifully written... Reading it will take you into a different world altogether
Marie Claire
A deliciously comic novel
The Times
Imagine if Romeo and Juliet had been made to stretch out their passion for 18 years, without consummating their love. Now imagine them in China during the ... Read more