Ha Jin
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.5 | 2108 Users | 200 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Crazed |
| Author | : | Ha Jin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | 2005 by Random House (first published October 2002) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Cultural. China. Historical. Historical Fiction. Literature. Asian Literature. Chinese Literature. Asia |
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Professor Yang, a respected teacher of literature, has had a stroke and it falls to Jian Wan - who is also engaged to Yang's daughter - to care for him. It initially seems a simple duty until the professor begins to rave, pleading with invisible tormentors and denouncing his family...Are these just manifestations of illness, or is Yang spewing up the truth? In a China convulsed by the Tiananmen uprising, those who listen to the truth are as much at risk as those who speak it. Lyrical and heart-breaking, The Crazed is an incisive portrait of modern Chinese society.
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| Original Title: | The Crazed |
| ISBN: | 1400032148 (ISBN13: 9781400032143) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.5 From 2108 Users | 200 ReviewsAppraise Epithetical Books The Crazed
a simple read, and at first, you're thinking,what the heck is this about? because each chapter goes off into different tangents, and you're trying to grasp Jian's thoughts, but you don't really follow--and that itself is intriguing. So by the end, you're still wondering and putting the puzzle pieces together. Interesting read and totally worthwhile if you're searching for banned books.Beautiful and HeartbreakingI literally just now finished this and will have to wait a bit to articulate my thoughts about it, but I loved it.
This book at times was frustrating. Ha Jin does have an excellent use of the language. He also never plans on going back to live in China, due to the content of this book.The Crazed is about Jian, a master's graduate student who is preparing for his PhD tests that will qualify him to transfer to the highly reputable Beijing University, when his advisor suffers from a stroke. His advisor is also his fiancee's father, who lives in Beijing, and is preparing for medical tests to become a
A stroke victim sometimes babbles nonsense that just might be more truthful than his pre-stroke talk. The message of the book seems a little jumbled to me. But liked the exposure to an insider's view of Chinese academic life.
This was an amazing book, from start to finish. The writing is lucid, illuminating, often begging for re-savoring. The plot is relatively straightforward, proceeding forward with only essential looks in the rear view mirror. The characters are memorable, finely sketched and despite the cultural divide, relatively easy to relate to.The story begins when a Chinese literature professor has a stroke, a somewhat unusual stroke, and his future son-in-law and devoted student is called to the hospital
First, let me say, I loved the feel of the paper in this book. LOVED it. It felt good on my fingers. Please someone tell me I'm not alone on this? I don't know when I last noticed paper quality... it was lovely.Now, the book itself was okay. I wanted more, and maybe that's my fault. Ha Jin tells an amazing story, but honestly, I was turned off by the reciting of poems and chants and songs. It got old. Not to mention I am not a huge poetry person either (yes, there are exceptions) but this was
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