Waiting Waiting

Waiting

    • 3.7 • 114 Ratings
    • $12.99
    • $12.99

Publisher Description

Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • National Book Award Winner Pulitzer Prize Finalist • A New York Times Notable Book

From the widely acclaimed author—a rich and atmospheric novel about a man living in two worlds, struggling with the conflicting claims of two utterly different women.
 
The demands of human longing contend with the weight of centuries of custom in acclaimed author Ha Jin’s Waiting, a novel of unexpected richness and universal resonance. Every summer Lin Kong, a doctor in the Chinese Army, returns to his village to end his loveless arranged marriage with the humble and touchingly loyal Shuyu. But each time Lin must return to the city to tell Manna Wu, the educated, modern nurse he loves, that they will have to postpone their engagement once again. Caught between the conflicting claims of these two utterly different women and trapped by a culture in which adultery can ruin lives and careers, Lin has been waiting for eighteen years. This year, he promises will be different. 

"Ha Jin profoundly understands the conflict between the individual and society, between the timeless universality of the human heart and constantly shifting politics of the moment. With wisdom, restraint, and empathy for all his characters, he vividly reveals the complexities and subtleties of a world and a people we desperately need to know."—Judges' Citation, National Book Award

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
1999
September 21
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
1.5
MB

Customer Reviews

S1eph ,

Seemingly endless

While reading this drawn out tale, I felt it would never end.

Tuffy tiff ,

Loved this book when I first read it!

I’m always gonna love this book!
One of the best love stories I loved.

Chibby. ,

Wow!

I was not able to put this book down! Beautifully written, and so full of truth it breaks your heart. Not to be missed

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A Good Fall A Good Fall
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