Dimensions
129 x 198 x 15mm
This new collection of twelve short stories, by the author of the award-winning 'Waiting', confirms Ha Jin's reputation as master storyteller, as well as a master of the miniature.
In 'The Bridegroom', the twelve stories capture a China in transition, moving from Maoism towards a more open society. For these men and women, starting to feel the influence of the West, the daily dramas of a system that still struggles to control their every move and thought are made all the more painful.
As his characters, from an entrepreneur, transformed from black-market criminal to free market hero, to the workers at Cowboy Chicken, to the professor mistaken by the police for a saboteur, continue to struggle against petty injustices and heartbreaks, Ha Jin celebrates their lives and humanity with the understated humour and simplicity that has won him widespread acclaim.
