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Waiting

Paperback • 2000 • English • 1. edition

Waiting

By Ha Jin

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About the book

The demands of human longing contend with the weight of centuries of custom in acclaimed author Ha Jin's Waiting, a novel of unexpected richness and universal resonance. Every summer Lin Kong, a doctor in the Chinese Army, returns to his village to end his loveless arranges marriage with the humble and touchingly loyal Shuyu. But each time Lin must return to the city to tell Manna Wu, the educated, modern nurse he loves, that they need to wait another year. Caught between the conflicting claims ...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

Book details

ISBN

9780375725869

Publisher

Vintage books

Published year

2000

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Waiting

Format

Paperback

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