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368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0375422765
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
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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.S. POW camps during the Korean War. In 1951 Yu Yuan, a scholarly and self-effacing clerical officer in Mao’s “...
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368 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 0375422765
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
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.S. POW camps during the Korean War. In 1951 Yu Yuan, a scholarly and self-effacing clerical officer in Mao’s “...