The Crazed
Ha Jin$15.30
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A New York Times Notable Book
A Washington Post, Los Angeles times, and San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year Ha Jin's seismically powerful new novel is at once an unblinking look into the bell jar of communist Chinese society and a portrait of the eternal compromises and deceptions of the human state. When the venerable professor Yang, a teacher of literature at a provincial university, has a stroke, his student Jian Wan is assigned to care for him. Since the dutiful Jian plans to marry his mentor's beautiful, icy daughter, the job requires delicacy. Just how much delicacy becomes clear when Yang begins to rave. Are these just the outpourings of a broken mind, or is Yang speaking the truth--about his family, his colleagues, and his life's work? And will bearing witness to the truth end up breaking poor Jian's heart? Combining warmth and intimacy with an unsparing social vision, The Crazed is Ha Jin's most enthralling book to date.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 01/06/2004
ISBN: 9780375714115
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 0.71d
Review Citations: New York Times 01/18/2004 pg. 24
Kliatt 03/01/2004 pg. 20
A Washington Post, Los Angeles times, and San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year Ha Jin's seismically powerful new novel is at once an unblinking look into the bell jar of communist Chinese society and a portrait of the eternal compromises and deceptions of the human state. When the venerable professor Yang, a teacher of literature at a provincial university, has a stroke, his student Jian Wan is assigned to care for him. Since the dutiful Jian plans to marry his mentor's beautiful, icy daughter, the job requires delicacy. Just how much delicacy becomes clear when Yang begins to rave. Are these just the outpourings of a broken mind, or is Yang speaking the truth--about his family, his colleagues, and his life's work? And will bearing witness to the truth end up breaking poor Jian's heart? Combining warmth and intimacy with an unsparing social vision, The Crazed is Ha Jin's most enthralling book to date.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 01/06/2004
ISBN: 9780375714115
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.21w x 0.71d
Review Citations: New York Times 01/18/2004 pg. 24
Kliatt 03/01/2004 pg. 20