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<p><i>waiting</i> Is A Story Of Long-suffering Love Between A Dutiful Married Doctor, Lin Kong, And An Unmarried Nurse, Manna Wu, He Meets While Working In A Chinese Army Hospital. Lin Wants To Divorce His Wife, Shuyu, And Marry Manna. He Approaches His Wife About A Divorce Several Times, But Each Time She Refuses. A Loophole In Chinese Law Will Allow Lin To Divorce Her, Without Her Consent, If They Are Separated For 18 Years. The Waiting For Lin's Divorce Is The Focus Of The Story.<p> Jin Uses Spare But Compelling Prose To Move The Relationship Between Lin And Manna Through Almost Two Decades. Despite The Dramatic Setting &#8212 Comunist China In The 1960's &#8212 The Political And Cultural Aspects Of The Story Are Secondary To The Emotional Architecture Of Lin And Manna's Relationship.<br>&#151; <i>usa Today</i></p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>jin's Quiet But Absorbing Second Novel (after <i>in The Pond</i>) Captures The Poignant Dilemma Of An Ordinary Man Who Misses The Best Opportunities In His Life Simply By Trying To Do His Duty--as Defined First By His Traditional Chinese Parents And Later By The Communist Party. Reflecting The Changes In Chinese Communism From The '60s To T

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Author

Ha Jin, Ha Jin

Publisher

New York: Pantheon Books

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780375406539

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance

Rating

3.49 / 5 (216 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14