Waiting / Ha Jin.
Record details
- ISBN: 0375706410 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 308 p. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st Vintage International ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage International, 2000.
Content descriptions
Awards Note: | National Book Award Winner, Fiction, 1999. |
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Subject: | Triangles (Interpersonal relations) > Fiction. Married people > Fiction. Physicians > Fiction. Psychological fiction. Love stories. China > Fiction. |
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- 5 of 5 copies available at Bibliomation.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | PBK FIC Jin (Text) | 33160150507849 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Janet Carlson Calvert Library - Franklin | F JIN (Text)
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33345000063545 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
North Branch - Bridgeport | FIC JIN (Text) | 34000073641516 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Salem Free Public Library | FIC JIN (Text) | 33640121408250 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Tolland Public Library | F JIN (Text) | 34051126950453 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Waiting : A Novel
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Summary
Waiting : A Novel
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award * National Book Award Winner * Pulitzer Prize Finalist * A New York Times Notable Book From the widely acclaimed author--a rich and atmospheric novel about a man living in two worlds, struggling with the conflicting claims of two utterly different women. 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 arranged 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 will have to postpone their engagement once again. Caught between the conflicting claims of these two utterly different women and trapped by a culture in which adultery can ruin lives and careers, Lin has been waiting for eighteen years. This year, he promises will be different. "Ha Jin profoundly understands the conflict between the individual and society, between the timeless universality of the human heart and constantly shifting politics of the moment. With wisdom, restraint, and empathy for all his characters, he vividly reveals the complexities and subtleties of a world and a people we desperately need to know."--Judges' Citation, National Book Award