The Crazed
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Ha Jin's seismically powerful novel is at once an unblinking look into the bell jar of communist Chinese society and a portrait of the eternal compromises and deceptions of the human state. When the venerable professor Yang, a teacher of literature at a...
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Ha Jin's seismically powerful novel is at once an unblinking look into the bell jar of communist Chinese society and a portrait of the eternal compromises and deceptions of the human state. When the venerable professor Yang, a teacher of literature at a provincial university, has a stroke, his student Jian Wan is assigned to care for him. Since the dutiful Jian plans to marry his mentor's beautiful, icy daughter, the job requires delicacy. Just how much delicacy becomes clear when Yang begins to rave.
Are these just the outpourings of a broken mind, or is Yang speaking the truth - about his family, his colleagues, and his life's work? And will bearing witness to the truth end up breaking poor Jian's heart? Combining warmth and intimacy with an unsparing social vision, "The Crazed" is Ha Jin's most enthralling book to date
Are these just the outpourings of a broken mind, or is Yang speaking the truth - about his family, his colleagues, and his life's work? And will bearing witness to the truth end up breaking poor Jian's heart? Combining warmth and intimacy with an unsparing social vision, "The Crazed" is Ha Jin's most enthralling book to date
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A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post, Los Angeles times, and San Jose Mercury News Best Book of the Year
Ha Jin s seismically powerful new novel is at once an unblinking look into the bell jar of communist Chinese society and a portrait of the eternal compromises and deceptions of the human state. When the venerable professor Yang, a teacher of literature at a provincial university, has a stroke, his student Jian Wan is assigned to care for him. Since the dutiful Jian plans to marry his mentor s beautiful, icy daughter, the job requires delicacy. Just how much delicacy becomes clear when Yang begins to rave.
Are these just the outpourings of a broken mind, or is Yang speaking the truth about his family, his colleagues, and his life s work? And will bearing witness to the truth end up breaking poor Jian s heart? Combining warmth and intimacy with an unsparing social vision, The Crazed is Ha Jin s most enthralling book to date.
Autoren-Porträt von Ha Jin
Ha Jin, geb. 1956 in der nordchinesischen Stadt Jinzhou, wo sein Vater, ein Offizier, stationiert war, trat mit 14 trat in die Volksbefreiungsarmee ein. 1977 wurden die im Zuge der Kulturrevolution geschlossenen Universitäten wieder eröffnet und Ha Jin begann an der Heilonjiang Universität Englisch zu studieren. Er wechselte einige Jahre später an die Shandong Universität, wo er seine Frau Lisha Bian kennen lernte, eine Mathematikdozentin. 1985 ging er in die USA, um an der Brandeis University in Waltham zu promovieren. 1987 begann er Gedichte in englischer Sprache zu verfassen, seit 1989 auch literarische Prosa. Er hat seit 1993 eine Professur für Englische Literatur an der Emory University inne und lebt mit seiner Frau und seinem Sohn Wen in der Nähe von Atlanta. Seit 1997 ist er amerikanischer Staatsbürger. Von den Eltern seiner Frau, die Ärzte bei der Armee waren, hörte er die Geschichte eines Militärarztes, der 18 Jahre auf seine Scheidung wartete. Anfang der Neunziger begann
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Ha Jin
- 2004, Repr., 336 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Vintage, New York
- ISBN-10: 0375714111
- ISBN-13: 9780375714115
Sprache:
Englisch
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