by Ha Jin · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483101520
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«La espera» is the novel by Ha Jin, published by Tusquets Editores S.A. in paperback (344 pages, in Spanish).
During the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Lin Kong, a doctor and army officer, is married to Shuyu in an arranged marriage. When he meets the nurse Manna Wu, love is born, but communist bureaucracy and his own doubts lead him to request a divorce every summer for seventeen years without success, until an unexpected event changes everything.
Novel winner of the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award. It is Ha Jin's first novel, originally written in English under the title «Waiting», and belongs to the Andanzas collection.
For readers of literary and historical fiction and for book clubs.
Jin Xuefei is a Chinese American poet and novelist who uses the pen name Ha Jin (哈金). The name Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin. His poetry is associated with the Misty Poetry movement.
