War Trash - Rilegato

Jin, Ha

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ISBN 10: 0375422765 ISBN 13: 9780375422768

Casa editrice: Pantheon Books, 2004

Riassunto

Captured by enemy forces, Yu Yuan, a young Chinese army officer serving in Korea in 1951, takes on the role of interpreter thanks to his proficiency in English, a role that places him in the middle of the conflict between his fellow prisoners and their captors and between rival groups of prisoners. 40,000 first printing.

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“I am enthralled by Ha Jin’s work: he always presents moral conundrums within historical contexts; the frayed edges of humanity; the ways in which both the tenacious and hopeless survive. He is one of our most gifted and essential writers.” –Amy Tan

“This is more than a novel. It’s an historical document about a forgotten part of a forgotten war. No historian could bring to light this tale of interminable loneliness and suffering about Chinese prisoners during the Korean War as well as Ha Jin has.” –Robert D. Kaplan, author of Warrior Politics

“Ha Jin is one of the finest writers in America: subtle, huge-hearted, possessed of an utterly original, mind-altering vision of the world, and an exquisite, disciplined style. His work never fails to thrill me, and expand my ideas about life, and about the transformative powers of fiction.” –George Saunders

“Ha Jin’s historical novel about Chinese prisoners held during the Korean War couldn’t be more topical. In telling this story from the loser’s perspective, he has called upon all of his wonderful and impressive skills as a writer. He never shies away from the degradation of the prisoners, while at the time revealing small humanities that happen in even the most desperate of circumstances.” –Lisa See, author of On Gold Mountain

“Ha Jin’s stark, evocative prose transports us to a harrowing world we have never before seen and which we will not soon forget.” –Michael Shapiro, author of The Shadow in the Sun: A Korean Year of Love and Sorrow

“Ha Jin is emerging as a major figure in the literary interpretation of life in Communist China. War Trash shows how Chinese men trapped in POW camps in Korea endured cruelty, manipulation, and mind-boggling turns of fate. Still, under Ha Jin’s steady moral vision, their humanity, sympathy, and rationality remain apparent. In the end, the trampled ‘trash’ uplifts the reader.” –Perry Link, Professor of Chinese, Princeton University

L'autore:

Ha Jing is a professor of English at Boston University.

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• Editore: Pantheon Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0375422765
• ISBN 13: 9780375422768
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 352