Waiting by Ha Jin is the story of Lin Kong and the dilemma of his love for two women. Kong is a doctor with the Chinese Army and has become disgruntled with his wife, Shuyu, from an arraigned marriage. He falls in love with Manna Wu, a young student from the school where Kong teaches anatomy, and eventually divorces his wife and marries Manna. However, Kong soon finds himself questioning his decision as he starts to once again have romantic feelings for Shuyu.
Few writers have appeared on the American literary scene to such sudden acclaim as the Chinese émigré Ha Jin. His first short-story collection about life in the Chinese People's Liberati...
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Ha Jin has published volumes of poetry, collections of short stories, and novels. His short fiction in Ocean of Words: Army Stories (1996) and Under the Red Flag (1997) won praise from critics and two...
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Ha Jin