The Woman Back from Moscow: In Pursuit of Beauty -- Ha Jin, Paperback
Author: Ha Jin
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Published: 11/28/2023
Pages: 736
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 2.20d
ISBN: 9781635423778
Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2023
About the Author
Ha Jin grew up in mainland China and served in the People's Liberation Army in his teens for five years. After leaving the army, he worked for three years at a railroad company in a remote northeastern city, Jiamusi, and then went to college in Harbin, majoring in English. He has published in English nine novels, four story collections, four volumes of poetry, a book of essays, and a biography of Li Bai. His novel Waiting won the National Book Award for Fiction, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Ha Jin is William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor in English and Creative Writing at Boston University, and he has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His writing has been translated into more than thirty languages.