Ha jin has 43 books on goodreads with 86112 ratings. War trash navy general library program downloadable books. Jin began to educate himself in chinese literature and high school curriculum at sixteen. Dec 08, 2020 war trash by ha jin, 2004, pantheon books edition. The book was published in multiple languages including, consists of and is available in ebook format. Novelist ha jin, who teaches at boston university, has given us a simply superb novel, rich in tension and humanity. Ha jin s masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of chinese soldiers held in u. Readers may come to war trash from a number of directions. War trash by jin, ha, 1956publication date 2005 topics. War trash, the extraordinary new novel by the national book awardwinning author of waiting, is ha jin s most ambitious work to date. A free life by ha jin meet your next favorite book. Ha jin has said that war trash will be his last book on china. His notable novels included waiting 2000 and war trash 2004. Though it is fiction rather than history, war trash now must be required reading on the forgotten war.
Chineseborn ha jin s novel was a final for the pulitzer prize and, along with waiting, is his most acclaimed book. National book award winner ha jin writes about the tribulations of life in chinese society with dark humor and an economical but effective prose style. While jin ably captures the experience of prisoners, the book never fully engaged me. When the americans capture yu, his command of english propels him into the role of unofficial interpreter in the psychological warfare that defines the pow camp. War trash, the extraordinary new novel by the national book award winning author of waiting, is ha jins most ambitious work to date. War trash ebook by ha jin 97803074301 rakuten kobo. War trash, however, is more than an account of a littleknown chapter of an oftenforgotten war. The style in this book is different from my earlier books, he continues.
We follow the wu familyfather nan, mother pingping, and son taotaoas they fully sever their ties with china in the aftermath of the 1989 tiananmen square massacre and begin a new, free life. Yuan is a college student enrolled in the military in china. Vintage international ser war trash by ha jin 2005. First published in the united states of america by pantheon books 2004title page verso. War trash is the unforgettable story of yu yuan, a young chinese army officer sent by mao with a corps of volunteers to help shore up the communist side in korea. Dec 18, 2007 ha jin left his native china in 1985 to attend brandeis university. His dissertation was on modernist poets such as pound, eliot, auden, and yeats because, as he told dave weich of powells city. Ha jin captured by enemy forces, yu yuan, a chinese army officer serving in korea in 1951, takes on the role of interpreter due to his proficiency in english, a role that places him in a conflict between. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Author interview ha jin, author of a free life bookpage.
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First published in 2004, this penfaulkner awardwinning novel considers the experiences of chinese soldiers imprisoned in american pow camps during the korean war. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 368 pages and is available in paperback format. All of jin s fictional writings about china are political because he considers chinese society to. But yuan is canny enough to get by, and, having survived revolution, war, and prison, he manages to outlive the fanatics in the end. Free download or read online war trash pdf epub book. War trash navy general library program downloadable.
On the other side are those who wish to be released to the free world, whether that be south korea or. A beautiful flatsigned first printing with full number line that is fine or better. Set in 195153, war trash takes the form of the memoir of yu yuan, a young chinese army officer, one of a corps of volunteers sent by mao to help shore up the communist side in korea. While jin ably captures the experience of prisoners, the book. The book has been awarded with pulitzer prize nominee for. The novel purports to be the memoir of a chinese prisoner taken. Ha jins masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the. Vintage international ser war trash by ha jin 2005, trade.
War trash book san diego public library bibliocommons. Vivid in its historical detail, profound in its imaginative empathy, war trash is ha jin s most ambitious book to date. Feb 17, 2021 ha jin, chinese american writer who used plain, unadorned english prose to explore the tension between the individual and the family, the modern and the traditional, and personal feelings and duty. In 1951 yu yuan, a scholarly and selfeffacing clerical officer in maos volunteer army, is taken prisoner south of the 38th parallel. The narrative power of ha jins new novel, war trash, hinges on the impact of unknown history. War trash is a novel by the chinese author ha jin, who has long lived in the united states and who writes in english. He grew up during the cultural revolution, served in the army, and earned both his ba and ma at chinese institutions before arriving in the us on a student visa to pursue a phd in english at brandeis university.
Jan 01, 2004 ha jin s masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of chinese soldiers held in u. It takes the form of a memoir written by the fictional character yu yuan, a man who eventually becomes a soldier in the chinese peoples volunteer army and who is sent to korea to fight on the communist side in the korean war. War trash by ha jin 2004, hardcover for sale online ebay. War trash by ha jin 2005, trade paperback at the best online prices at ebay. This story was published in the bu bridge april 8, 2005 war trash, the most recent novel by ha jin, follows a path familiar to its creator the story of a young chinese army officer captured during the korean war draws partly on jin s experience in the peoples liberation army in the 1970s and the time he spent stationed in a north korean village. In the book war trash ha jin creates a fictional character whose name has changed so much in the book that the closest i can recall is yu yaun. Pdf war trash book by ha jin free download 368 pages. Like nan wu, the central character in a free life, he decided to remain here after the tiananmen massacre of june 1989. How might the loss of home experienced by yuan and the other prisoners compare to the life of the writer in exile. War trash takes the form of the memoir of yu yuan, a young chinese army officer. Aug 01, 2005 ha jin left his native china in 1985 to attend brandeis university.
He is the author of the internationally bestselling novel waiting, which won the penfaulkner award and the national book award, and war trash, which won the penfaulkner award for fiction, and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize and the kiriyama pacific rim book prize. Ha jin was born xuefei jin in liaoning province, china. The linguistic playfulness in this book cannot be translated anymore. Free download or read online in the pond pdf epub book. When yu is captured, his command of english thrusts him into the role of unofficial. The first edition of the novel was published in 1998, and was written by ha jin. Ha jin came to the united states as a graduate student in 1985. First published in the united states of america by pantheon books 2004title page verso includes bibliographical references pages 3552 accessrestricteditem. Download book war trash by ha jin free cheap page read price no registration. War trash by ha jin paperback book, 352 pages see other available editions description ha jin s masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of chinese soldiers held in u. Ha jin left his native china in 1985 to attend brandeis university.
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