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War Trash : a Novel by Ha Jin; Iris Weinstein; Brian Barth is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From Publishers WeeklyJin (Waiting; The Crazed; etc.) applies his steady gaze and stripped-bare storytelling to the violence and horrifying political uncertainty of the Korean War in this brave, complex and politically timely work, the story of a reluctant soldier trying to survive a POW camp and reunite with his family. Armed with reams of research, the National Book Award winner aims to give readers a tale that is as much historical record as examination of personal struggle. After his division is decimated by superior American forces, Chinese "volunteer" Yu Yuan, an English-speaking clerical officer with a largely pragmatic loyalty to the Communists, rejects revolutionary martyrdom and submits to capture. In the POW camp, his ability to communicate with the Americans thrusts him to the center of a disturbingly bloody power struggle between two factions of Chinese prisoners: the pro-Nationalists, led in part by the sadistic Liu Tai-an, who publicly guts and dissects one of his enemies; and the pro-Communists, commanded by the coldly manipulative Pei Shan, who wants to use Yu to save his own political skin. An unofficial fighter in a foreign war, shameful in the eyes of his own go

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Author

Ha Jin; Iris Weinstein; Brian Barth

Publisher

Vintage International

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400075799

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

3.78 / 5 (2,647 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14