by Ha Jin · Tusquets Editores S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483103234
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In the spring of 1989, Jian Wan, a university student in Shanning, prepares to obtain a doctorate in Beijing when his tutor, Professor Yang, suffers a stroke. Jian, engaged to Meimei, the professor's ambitious daughter, agrees to take care of him. However, the situation becomes complicated when Professor Yang begins to ramble, revealing painful aspects of his past as an intellectual persecuted during the Cultural Revolution, as well as compromising personal and professional details. Torn between loyalty and betrayal, Jian discovers an unknown world while his colleagues demonstrate in Tiananmen Square.
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.
