Ocean of Words: Stories - Vintage International - Ha Jin - Boeken - Random House USA Inc - 9780375702068 - 28 juli 1998
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Ocean of Words: Stories - Vintage International 1st Vintage International Ed edition

Ha Jin

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Ocean of Words: Stories - Vintage International 1st Vintage International Ed edition

Winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award

The place is the chilly border between Russia and China. The time is the early 1970s when the two giants were poised on the brink of war. And the characters in this thrilling collection of stories are Chinese soldiers who must constantly scrutinize the enemy even as they themselves are watched for signs of the fatal disease of bourgeois liberalism.

In Ocean of Words, the Chinese writer Ha Jin explores the predicament of these simple, barely literate men with breathtaking concision and humanity. From amorous telegraphers to a pugnacious militiaman, from an inscrutable Russian prisoner to an effeminate but enthusiastic recruit, Ha Jin's characters possess a depth and liveliness that suggest Isaac Babel's Cossacks and Tim O'Brien's GIs. Ocean of Words is a triumphant volume, poignant, hilarious, and harrowing.

"A compelling collection of stories, powerful in their unity of theme and rich in their diversity of styles."--New York Times Book Review

"Extraordinary...[These stories are shot through with wit and offer glimpses of human motivation that defy retelling... Read them all."--Boston Globe

"An exceptional new talent, capable of wringing rich surprises out of austere materials."--Portland Oregonian


224 pages

Media Boeken     Paperback Book   (Boek met zachte kaft en gelijmde rug)
Vrijgegeven 28 juli 1998
ISBN13 9780375702068
Uitgevers Random House USA Inc
Pagina's 224
Afmetingen 133 × 202 × 13 mm   ·   228 g
Taal en grammatica Engels  

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