by Ha Jin · Edicions La Campana · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788488791986
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«L'espera» is the novel by Ha Jin published in 2000 by Edicions La Campana in paperback (312 pages, in Catalan).
Lin Kong, a military doctor, is torn between his traditional wife and a young nurse. Every year he returns to the village to ask for a divorce, but the restrictions of communist China in the 1960s and 1970s prolong his wait. The novel portrays the confusion of feelings, the weight of tradition, and a society of prohibitions.
It corresponds to number 25 of the Tocs collection. It is the Catalan translation of 'Waiting', winner of the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
For readers of literary fiction and historical novels interested in 20th-century China and award-winning works.
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.
