Ha Jin
Birth date: February 21, 1956
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Lilian Shang, the American daughter of the highest-placed Chinese spy ever captured by the FBI decides to search for her father's first wife's family in China. Her late father's long-time mistress provides key knowledge--and his diaries--to her.In her search, she finds and learns more than she expec...
The writing seems very spare. It's not a translation by the way, but by a man whose native language is Chinese writing in English. The characters often exasperated me with their varieties of passivity: Lin in not insisting on divorce or letting Manna go; his wife Shuyu in her submissiveness and pas...
Found this quick read frustrating. Critics cited the wit and humor, which I didn't see. I found the ending rushed, unconvincing, and thus, unsatisfying.Amazing portrait of modern-day China, however.
I'm going to start this with the caveat that I know very little about China, and even less about Chinese culture. I've read reviews where the author has been lambasted for creating a book about China that white people would be happy with, and I can see how the accusations might be correct... sadly,...
I actually really enjoyed this, despite the reviews I read. It felt authentic to me, mostly...although in a few places I think the characters said things that probably were a bit too modern. I liked Minnie and Anling, and felt crazy with rage when they were helpless to control the things happening a...
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