The Crazed by Ha Jin
Professor Yang, a respected teacher of literature, has had a stroke and it falls to Jian Wan - who is also engaged to Yang's daughter - to care for him. It initially seems a simple duty until the professor begins to rave, pleading with invisible tormentors and denouncing his family... Are these just manifestations of illness, or is Yang spewing up the truth? In a China convulsed by the Tiananmen uprising, those who listen to the truth are as much at risk as those who speak it. Lyrical and heart-breaking, The Crazed is an incisive portrait of modern Chinese society.
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 *
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 *
Ha Jin left his native China in 1985 for the USA. He is the author of three novels, Waiting – winner of the 1999 National Book Award for Fiction, and the 2000 PEN/ Faulkner Award – In the Pond, The Crazed, three collections of stories and three volumes of poetry. He lives near Boston and teaches at Boston University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099444886 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099444887 |
| Title | The Crazed |
| Author | Ha Jin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2003-10-02 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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