The Bridegroom: Stories
by Ha Jin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375420673
- ISBN 13
- 9780375420672
- Seller
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Springfield, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1st ed. / 1st printing. NF book / NF DJ. Used copy though appears unread, very tight and clean textblock with full numberline. DJ has light shelfwear only, no tears or chipping and 22.00 price intact. Not remaindered. Nice.
Synopsis
A collection of short stories, brilliantly exploring the lives of ordinary Chinese, as their constricted society begins to open up to the West, from the author of Waiting, confirming Ha Jin's reputation as a master storyteller.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 by this. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Backwater Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio368
- Title
- The Bridegroom: Stories
- Author
- Ha Jin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375420673
- ISBN 13
- 9780375420672
- Publisher
- Pantheon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- First Edition
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.