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Quiet Desperation : Stories by Jin, Ha, 1956- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Quiet Desperation : Stories about?
"In the title story, a seemingly model husband joins a secret men's literary club and finds himself arrested for the "bourgeois crime" of homosexuality. "Alive" centers on an official who loses his memory in an earthquake and lives happily for months as a simple worker; when he suddenly remembers who he is, he finds that his return to his old life proves inconvenient for everyone. In "A Tiger-Fighter Is Hard to Find," a television crew's inept attempt to film a fight scene with a live Siberian tiger lands their lead actor in a mental hospital, convinced that he is the mythical tiger-fighter Wu Song."--BOOK JACKET.
Who reads Quiet Desperation : Stories?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Jin, Ha, 1956-
- Publisher
- New York: Pantheon Books
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780375724930
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (62 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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