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Waiting

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The demands of human longing contend with the weight of centuries of custom in accalimed 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 need to wait another year. Caught between the conflicting claims of these two utterly different women and trapped by a culture i which adultery can ruin lives and careers, Lin has been waiting for eighteen years. This year, he promises, will bw different

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813.56 JIN

Publisher

New York : Vintaqe., 1999

Collation

310p; pbk

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

037540653

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Literature
Fiction
Novel

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