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. Winner of the national book award and a finalist for the pulitzer prize, jin is known for spare and elegant stories about chinese culture. A good fall by ha jin is a collection of short stories dealing with the lives of chinese immigrants to the u. This may be ha jin s best work yet, his stories often ascending to the mystical penumbra we expect of singer, malamud, or oconnor. How does the material culture of this novel differ from that of america. In waiting, ha jin portrays the life of lin kong, a dedicated doctor torn by his. When the world goes still around you, its good to know youre not alone. In 1951 yu yuan, a scholarly and selfeffacing clerical officer in maos. Looking at the title of the book and the biography of the author, i was expecting anoth. I was leery to start a good fall, after my ultimate disappointment with waiting. The downside of transnational identities in ha jins a good fall. Article pdf available november 2011 with 328 reads. He presents a wide range of protagonists from a graduate student and young professor to a presser in a garment factory to a monk and draws their characters so well you feel like you know them, even within the confines of a short story. Ha jin has not returned to china since he left in 1985.
His notable novels included waiting 2000 and war trash 2004. Nov 25, 2009 the son of a military officer, ha jin was born jin xuefei pronounced shuefay in the northeastern province of liaoning. He is the author of eight novels, four story collections, three volumes of poetry, and a book of essays. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading a good fall. Read a good fall stories by ha jin available from rakuten kobo. Download a good fall by ha jin dwg torrent or any other torrent from other ebooks direct download via magnet link. Out of all the stories, i cant remember the exact number since ive returned the book, i like the following. Ha jins fourth story collection, a good fall, consists of twelve short stories, each focusing on the experiences of chinese american immigrants working hard to improve their lives in a country. When he was nearly 14, in 1969, he joined the peoples liberation army. Stark, deeply moving, acutely insightful, and often strikingly humorous, a good fall. In his first book of stories since the bridegroom, national book awardwinning author ha jin gives us a collection that delves into the experience of chinese.
A good fall hawaii state public library system overdrive. Jul 03, 2010 a good fall consists of short stories written by a chineseamerican author, hajin. A good fall short stories by hajin speaking out loud. Jin s quiet but absorbing second novel after in the pond captures the poignant dilemma of an ordinary man who misses the best opportunities in his life simply by trying to do his dutyas defined fi. A good fall ebook by ha jin 9780307378699 rakuten kobo. The stories are about chinese immigrants lifestyles in america and how they struggle to make a living in some stories. In his first book of stories since the bridegroom, national book awardwinning author ha jin gives us a collection that delves into the experience of chinese immigrants in america. In 1969, at only 14 years of age, ha jin joined the peoples liberation army based at the northeastern border between china and the former soviet union. Xuefei jin, who writes under the pseudonym ha jin, was born in 1956 in liaoning province in northern china. Language, immigration and acculturation in the short stories of ha jin. His newest work, a collection of short stories, focuses on individuals who struggle to reconcile their cultural identities with their new and disparate surroundings. His latest collection, a good fall 2009, continues his american observances. First collection of short fiction in nine years from expatriate novelist ha jin a free life, 2007, etc. For all their meticulous attention to the immigrant experience, ha jins books leave little to the imagination.
A good fall woodlands library cooperative overdrive. Download read a good fall 2009 by ha jin in pdf, epub. I know ha jin writes them in this ok i just cannot get along too well with ha jin. I was glad that i did read a good fall, as it makes me more willing to seek out other books by ha jin. Ha jin in his first book of stories since the bridegroom, national book awardwinning author ha jin gives us a collection that delves into the. Varsava bio an acclaimed fiction writer, but also a ph. 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.
The stories themselves all about chinese immigrants in flushing, nyc are not bad, some of them are even very intriguing but the endings. Even the children of immigrants, or those who immigrated long ago, still feel the chains tying them to the homeland, whether they parted with it peacefully or feel they escaped a cruel, unfair nation. From national book awardwinner jin waiting comes a new collection that focuses on flushing, one of new york citys largest chinese immigrant commun. A good fall ebook por ha jin 9780307378699 rakuten kobo.
Stark, deeply moving, acutely insightful, and often strikingly humorous, a good fall reminds us once again of the storytelling prowess of this superb writer. A good fall wisconsin public library consortium overdrive. Waiting is a simple fairy tale, a story in which much is being said underneath its surface. Ha jins masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of chinese soldiers held in u.
Jan 03, 2010 the immigrants in ha jins latest story collection seem to be in exile not only from the china of their dreams and memories, but from their very sense of who they are. In his first book of stories since the bridegroom, national book awardwinning author ha jin gives us a collection that. Illiterate until his midteens, he presently teachs english at emory university and has published two books of poetry, two collections of short stories, and two novels. Oct 27, 2016 in ha jins new novel, an immigrant writer faces a governments ire. All of ha jin s characters struggle in situations that stir their conflicting desires to remain attached to their native land and traditions while also exploring th. This essay examines three short stories an english professor, a pension plan, and temporary love from a good fall. His penultimate novel, a free life 2007, was jin s first book to be set in his adopted land, and marks a clear delineation in his career.
The narrators and characters in a good fall, his new story collection featuring a cast of chinese immigrants, express their feelings and the reasons for them bluntly. Ha jins latest shortstory collection continues developing one of his favorite themes. Ha jin s fourth story collection, a good fall, consists of twelve short stories, each focusing on the experiences of chinese american immigrants working hard to improve their lives in a country whose ways are foreign to them. All of ha jin s characters struggle in situations that stir their conflicting desires to remain attached to their native land and traditions while also exploring their newfound social and economic freedoms. Oct 19, 2010 all of ha jin s characters struggle to remain loyal to their homeland and its traditions while also exploring the freedom that life in a new country offers. Customers who bought this item also bought these ebooks. He has received the national book award, two penfaulkner awards, the pen. Ha jin, 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. In ha jins new novel, an immigrant writer faces a government. I waited for many years to read the book waiting which was written by an americanchinese author, ha jin, and won the national book award the same year it was published.
His opening dedication, to lisha and wen, who lived this book, suggests similarities to jin s own immigration story. In his first book of stories since the bridegroom, national book awardwinning author ha jin gives us a collection that delves into the experience of chinese immigrants. Ha jin left his native china in 1985 to attend brandeis university. Buy ha jin ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Jin began to educate himself in chinese literature and high school curriculum at sixteen. Chinese immigrants living in flushing new york new york citys new chinatown are caricatured in these short stories. 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. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A good fall isbn 9780307473943 pdf epub ha jin ebook. Do you feel that, because ha jin is consciously writing for an american audience in his adopted country, such details have greater resonance. A good fall san francisco public library overdrive. All of ha jin s characters struggle to remain loyal to their homeland and its traditions while also exploring the freedom that life in a new country offers. In his first book of stories since the bridegroom was published in 200. National book awardwinner ha jin brings us a collection of stories that delve into the experiences of chinese immigrants in america.
He remembered that when he was taking the entrance exam fourteen years back, his parents had stood in the rain under a shared umbrella, waiting for him with a lunch tin, sodas, and tangerines wrapped in a handkerchief. 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 provincial chinese town. When manna wu enrolled as a student in the fall of 1964, lin was teaching. The lastest from national book award winner and bu professor ha jin is a collection of twelve short stories unfolding in and around queens, new york citys most richly diverse borough. A good fall district of columbia public library overdrive. Stories vintage international kindle edition by jin. All of ha jins characters struggle to remain loyal to their homeland and its traditions while also exploring the freedom that life in a new country offers. Stories vintage international kindle edition by jin, ha. Ha jins new shortstory collection, a good fall, takes.
The melting pot in ha jin s new collection, a good fall, resembles a simmering chinese hot pot, where varied ingredients complement each other. The stories are equally divided between first and thirdperson narration, and the viewpoint characters. A good fall may contain news of china that the west still needs. Ha jin s fourth story collection, a good fall, consists of twelve short stories, each focusing on the experiences of chinese american immigrants working hard to improve their lives in a. Michael seidels influential study of exile literature. Ha jin reads a good fall bostonia winterspring 2010.