The Bridegroom
by Ha Jin
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0375724931
- ISBN 13
- 9780375724930
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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Synopsis
A collection of short stories, brilliantly exploring the lives of ordinary Chinese, as their constricted society begins to open up to the West, from the author of Waiting, confirming Ha Jin's reputation as a master storyteller.This new collection of short stories by the award-winning author of Waiting confirms Ha Jin's reputation as a master storyteller, as well as a master of the miniature.In The Bridegroom, the twelve stories capture a China in transition, moving from Maoism towards a more open society. For these men and women, starting to feel the influence of the West, the daily dramas of a system that still struggles to control their every move and thought are made all the more painful by this. As his characters, from an entrepreneur, transformed from black-market criminal to free market hero, to the workers at Cowboy Chicken, to the professor mistaken by the police for a saboteur, continue to struggle against petty injustices and heartbreaks, Ha Jin celebrates their lives and humanity with the understated humour and simplicity that has won him widespread acclaim.
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- Bookseller
- Books of the World (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000000836
- Title
- The Bridegroom
- Author
- Ha Jin
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0375724931
- ISBN 13
- 9780375724930
- Publisher
- Vintage International
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- September 2001
- Keywords
- fiction, short stories, humor, social life, customs, China
- Bookseller catalogs
- China; Fiction; Asia; Humor, Comedy, Satire, Funny stuff;
- Size
- 8vo
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