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Description edit
From Ha Jin, the widely-acclaimed, award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash , comes a novel that takes his fiction to a new setting: 1990s America. We follow the Wu family--father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao--as they fully sever their ties with China in the aftermath of the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Nan Wu: Add a description of this character.
- Dick Harrison
- Taotao
- Janet
- Dave
- Danning
- Livia
- Sam Fisher
- Gerald
- Heidi
- Maiyu
- Mr. Shang
- Tammie
- Mrs. Wang
- Shubo
- Ivan
- Mr. Liu
- Hailee
- Tim
- Mr. Wolfe
- Alan
- Kellman
- Bao
- Pingping
- Heather
- Howard
- Brian
- Nathan
- Mrs. Lodge
- Edward Neary
- Heng Chen
- Maria
- Dr. Walker
- Sean
- Wendy
- Maurice
- Mitchel
- Mr. Litt
- Don
- Beina
- Zhang
- Tom
- Charlie
Setting & Locations edit
- Chinatown
- North America
- Atlanta
- New York
- United States
- Beijing
- Georgia
- Taiwan
- Shanghai
- Ise
- Boston
- Nanjing
- Mei Hong
- Canada
- Tibet
- Massachusetts
- San Francisco
- Australia
- Mandarin
- Hampden Park
- Lilburn
- Florida
- Japan
- Northeast
- D.c.
- Shaoya
- Brandeis
- Harbin
- Hong Kong
- Lawrenceville
- Watertown
- Iowa
- Beaver Hill Plaza
- New England
- Russia
- Europe
- Peachtree Terrace
- Manhattan
- Illinois
- Chamblee
- Tennessee
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Pantheon
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0375424652
Page Count: 672
Publisher: Pantheon
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0375424652
Page Count: 672
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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