The Crazed

Professor Yang, a respected teacher of literature, has had a stroke and it falls to Jian Wan - who is also engaged to Yang's daughter - to care for him. It initially seems a simple duty until the professor begins to rave, pleading with invisible tormentors and denouncing his family...

Are these just manifestations of illness, or is Yang spewing up the truth? In a China convulsed by the Tiananmen uprising, those who listen to the truth are as much at risk as those who speak it. Lyrical and heart-breaking, The Crazed is an incisive portrait of modern Chinese society.

Expertly done

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About Ha Jin

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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099444886
  • Length: 336 pages
  • Dimensions: 198mm x 20mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 239g
  • Price: £16.99
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