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.
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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.
Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.