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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 04/10/2001
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ISBN: 9780099422174
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Length: 240 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
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Weight: 171g
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RRP: £12.99
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. 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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Imprint: Vintage
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Published: 04/10/2001
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ISBN: 9780099422174
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Length: 240 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 15mm x 129mm
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Weight: 171g
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RRP: £12.99
Reviews
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Ha Jin has the kind of effortless command that most writers can only dream about
New York Times Magazine
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Ha Jin's eye for detail, his great storytelling talent, suffuse his work and make The Bridegroom a genuine pleasure
New York Times Book Review
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Beautifully understated short stories-Some of them are likely to break your heart
People Magazine
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A genuine pleasure
New York Times Book Review
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The Bridegroom...showcases [Ha Jin's] mastery of craft, the consummate restraint and nearly telegraphic objectivity with which he paints difficult truths
Boston Globe
