Ha jin left his native china in 1985 to attend brandeis university. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. In ocean of words, the chinese writer ha jin explores the predicament of these simple, barely literate men with breathtaking concision and humanity. In the pond ebook by ha jin 9780804153720 rakuten kobo. Ha jin has said that the idea for waiting came to him when he read a newspaper story about a woman who described her husband as loveless. He came to the united states in 1985 as a student and remained as a refugee from the oppressive government of the peoples republic of china. Waiting by ha jin about the book winner of the 1999 national book award for fiction.
The novel centers around the character shao bin, a chinese man working at fertilizer plant, and his epic struggle to obtain a decent apartment for his young family. The novel centers around the character shao bin, a chinese man working at fertilizer plant, and his struggle to obtain a decent apartment for his young family. Discussion of themes and motifs in ha jins the bridegroom. Whatever the reason, as a leader i shouldnt have used force first jin 576. Watch ha jin talk about the challenges of writing a free life on buniverse. His father was an officer in the red army combined association of land, sea, and air forces in china. Zhivago about a married army doctor who falls in love with a nurse during the cultural revolution, by chinese exile ha jin in the pond, 1998, etc. Although english is his second language, he is an awardwinning novelist and poet who writes only in english under the pen name ha. He is the author of eight novels, four story collections, three volumes of poetry, and a book of. In the pond is a 2000 novel by ha jin, who has also written under the. Ha jins in the pond, set in china in 1977, follows a worker in the harvest fertilizer. National book awardwinner ha jins arresting debut novel, in the pond, is a darkly. He has been praised for his works relating to chinese life and culture.
Theme the major theme of the story that the author, ha jin, wanted to convey to the reader is that no matter how strong a person is, using violence will not make a respectable leader. Qi jin, heng lyu, lei shi, song miao, zhiming wu, yunmei li, qiao wang. The language examined is drawn from ha jins novella, in the pond, in which the authors use of english is nativized in the chinese context in order to recast the cultural meanings of the language. Ha jin, exiled to english new york times, may 30, 2009 listen to ha jin on the forum from the bbc world service. Ha jin, pseudonym of xuefei jin, born february 21, 1956, jinzhou, liaoning province, china, chinese american writer who used plain, unadorned english prose to explore the tension between the individual and the family, the modern and the traditional, and personal feelings and duty jin had only a brief, incomplete education before the schools in china closed in 1966 at the. This is the story of lin kong, a man living in two worlds, struggling with the conflicting. In the pond, ha jin s first novel, has the same appeal as his short stories. From the awardwinning author of waiting and war trash.
He has been praised for his works relating to chinese. He has received the national book award, two penfaulkner awards, the pen. She wished her husband could have an affair with another woman at least that would prove he was capable of love atlanta journal, 15 nov 1999, e1. In 1951 yu yuan, a scholarly and selfeffacing clerical officer in maos volunteer army, is taken prisoner south of the 38th parallel. The pond is the commune, and shao bin is in the pond. War trash 2004, which again won the penfaulker award. Ha jins in the pond is a tactful yet an oscillation between subtle and violent upheaval delineation of the decadent post maochina in a pro communist setting repleted with shades of corruption.
Ha jins latest novel shows off his funny side the new. In the pond is a 2000 novel by ha jin, who has also written under the red flag, ocean of winds, and waiting. In this article, i will focus on ha jins first novel, in the pond, which in my view most. From amorous telegraphers to a pugnacious militiaman, from an inscrutable russian prisoner to an effeminate but enthusiastic recruit, ha jins characters possess a depth and liveliness that suggest. Where can i get chapter summaries for the novel, in the.
From ha jin, the widelyacclaimed, awardwinning author of waiting and war trash, comes a novel that takes his fiction to a new setting. About this guide the questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your groups reading of ha jins first novel, in the pond, and two of his short fiction collections, ocean of words and the bridegroom. These novels cover three historical periods of contemporary china under the rule of the communist party in. Identification of cyanobacteria and microalgae in aerosols of various sizes in the air over the southern baltic sea. In waiting, penhemingway awardwinning author ha jin draws on his intimate knowledge of contemporary china to create a novel of unexpected richness and feeling. Narrative of modern chinese masculinity in ha jins fiction lezhou su july 5.
One evening the boy complained that his schoolmates couldnt pronounce. In this short novel, feng danlin, a twentysomething chinese expat and investigative journalist in new york city, is assigned to write about an upcoming novel penned. Author interview in guernica magazine online interview with ha jin. Ha jins masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of chinese soldiers held in u. Ha jins first novel set in the united states is about a chinese immigrant who works hard to get ahead.
A free life is the story of their familys naturalization. In the pond by ha jin will teach students what characterization should look like and how to use it in their writings. National book awardwinner ha jin s arresting debut novel, in the pond, is a darkly funny portrait of an amateur calligrapher who wields his delicate artists brush as a weapon against the powerful party bureaucrats who rule his. Shao bin is a downtrodden worker at the pdf harvest fertilizer plant by day and an aspiring artist. Xuefei jin, who writes under the pseudonym ha jin, was born in 1956 in liaoning province in northern china. He is the author of eight novels, four story collections, three volumes of poetry, and a book of essays. In 1969, at only 14 years of age, ha jin joined the peoples liberation army based at the northeastern border between china and. In the pond by ha jin in doc, fb3, rtf download ebook. Universalization in modern english and american poetry. He is the author of the internationally bestselling novel waiting, which won the penfaulkner award and the national book award, and war trash, which won the penfaulkner award for fiction, and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize and the kiriyama pacific rim book prize. We follow the wu familyfather nan, mother pingping, and son taotaoas they fully sever their ties with china in the aftermath of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre and begin a new, free life in the united states. In the pond, ha jins first novel, has the same appeal as his short stories. In the pond by ha jin sam williams the novel in the pond by ha jin should be taught in fchs world lit. Pdf this article discusses translation literature in ha jins writing.
I appreciated ha jins in the pond for its look inside rural communist china, and was interested to further explore chinese culture with him this time alongside peeks into journalism, publishing and uschina relations. When late in the novel lin realizes that he had never loved a woman wholeheartedly. Discussion questions about in the pond discussion questions about ocean of words discussion questions about the bridegroom. Prizewinning shortstory writer ha jin ocean of words won the penhemingway award for first fiction. Breaching of mao china in ha jins in the pond twilight siesta college. In the pond essay breaching of mao china in ha jins in. We follow the wu familyfather nan, mother pingping, and son taotaoas they fully sever their ties with china in the aftermath of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre and begin a new, free life in the united. Ha jin, who was raised in china and emigrated to the united states after the tiananmen square massacre in 1989, writes about loss and moral deterioration with the keen sense of a survivor. I dont want a book summary, but summaries and analysis for each chapter. Xuefei jin was born in 1956 in a part of china then known as manchuria. The twelve stories in under the red flag take place during chinas cultural revolution. This story about communism and fascism, is designed to shed light on the injustices and.
National book awardwinner ha jins arresting debut novel, in the pond, is a darkly funny portrait of an amateur calligrapher who wields his delicate artists brush as a weapon against the powerful party bureaucrats. Chinese expatriate feng danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a website read by the chinese diaspora around the world. Early life and education ha jin was born xuefei jin on february 21, 1956, in jinzhou in the liaoning province in northeast china. Under the red flag won the flannery oconnor award offers a. Their animosity toward us originated at the moment their names were changed, about three months ago.
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