Waiting
by Ha Jin
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This multi-award-winning novel about a romance between Dr. Lin Kong, an unhappily married Chinese physician, and Manna Wu, the nurse he falls in love with, is a chronicle of Kong's attempt to get a divorce from his wife over the course of 17 years. The victim of an arranged marriage, Kong longs for an end--but each time they go to court, his very traditional wife, at the last minute, refuses. Kong is hoping to profit from a Chinese law that permits an automatic divorce after 18 years of separation--and his long, patient devotion and endless frustration can be seen as an allegory of life in a repressive society. In addition to being a passionate love story, WAITING is also an insightful and fascinating look at contemporary provincial China.
Editions of Waiting
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Wheeler Pub Inc |
Date 2000 |
Price $1.00 |
 Good |
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Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher Brilliance Audio |
Date 2000 |
Price $4.63 |
REMAINDER |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Audio Cassette |
Publisher Brilliance Audio |
Date 2000 |
Price $2.49 |
Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Alfred a Knopf Inc |
Date 2000 |
Price $2.49 |
Very Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Vintage Books |
Date 2000 |
Price $1.00 |
Used - Good |
Publisher Notes
An ambitious and dedicated Chinese doctor, Lin Kong finds himself torn between two very different women--the educated and dynamic nurse with whom he has fallen in love and the traditional, meek, and humble woman to whom his family married him when they were both very young. National Book Award & Pen/Faulkner Award Winner.
Media Reviews
"Fluidly written, the novel is strangely inert in the beginning as it focuses on Lin and Manna's inaction and inability to move forward with their romance. But the pace picks up in the book's final third, as Lin's waiting comes to an end and he navigates the aftermath of his divorce."
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