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.
| ISBN | 0099422174 | | Pages | 240 | | ISBN13 | 9780099422174
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 175 | | Publisher | Vintage | | Published in | London | | Imprint | Vintage | | Previous ISBN | 9780099429333 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Publication date | 04 Oct 2001 | | Width (mm) | 130 | | DEWEY | 813.54 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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"A genuine pleasure."--"The New York Times Book Review ""Finely wrought... Every story here is cut like a stone."--"Chicago Sun-Times" ""The Bridegroom,.". showcases [Ha Jin's] mastery of craft, the consummate restraint and nearly telegraphic objectivity with which he paints difficult truths."--"The Boston Globe"
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