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"Expertly done" (Daily Mail)
"A compelling book... [Jin] has a fine sense of the human scale of history and an eye for the absurd" (Guardian)
"[Jin's] new novel...again demonstrates his literary gifts" (The Times)
"A fascinating tale told with skill and eloquence; a truly wonderful read" (Publishing News)
"The Crazed...is a complicated web of human attachments. Like the best realist writers, Ha Jin sneaks emotional power into the plainest declarative sentences" (New Yorker)
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"A compelling book... [Jin] has a fine sense of the human scale of history and an eye for the absurd" (Guardian)
"[Jin's] new novel...again demonstrates his literary gifts" (The Times)
"A fascinating tale told with skill and eloquence; a truly wonderful read" (Publishing News)
"The Crazed...is a complicated web of human attachments. Like the best realist writers, Ha Jin sneaks emotional power into the plainest declarative sentences" (New Yorker)
'Reading [Ha Jin] is almost like falling in love' New Yorker
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- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0099444887
- ISBN 13 9780099444886
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages336
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Book Description Condition: New. Professor Yang, a respected teacher of literature at a provincial university, has had a stroke, and his student Jian Wan - who is also engaged to Yang's daughter - has been assigned to care for him. This book explores the perennial conflicts between convention and individualism, integrity and pragmatism, loyalty and betrayal. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 271. . 2003. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780099444886
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