A New York Times Notable Book
One of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, Slate
In A Free Life, Ha Jin follows the Wu family - father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao - as they sever their ties with China in the aftermath of the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square and begin a new life in the United States. As Nan takes on a number of menial jobs, eventually operating a restaurant with Pingping, he struggles to adapt to the American way of life and to hold his family together, even as he pines for a woman he loved and lost in his youth. Ha Jin's prodigious talents are in full force as he brilliantly brings to life the struggles and successes of the contemporary immigrant experience.
| ISBN: | 9780307278609 |
| Publication date: | 27th January 2009 |
| Author: | Ha Jin |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 672 pages |
| Series: | Vintage International |
| Genres: |
General Fiction Family Drama |
A New York Times Notable Book One of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Entertainment Weekly, Slate In A Free Life, Ha Jin follows the Wu family - father Nan, mother Pingping, and son Taotao - as they sever their ties with China in the aftermath of the 1989 massacre at Tiananmen Square and begin a new life in the United States. As Nan takes on a number of menial jobs, eventually operating a restaurant with Pingping, he struggles to adapt to the American way of life and to hold his family together, even as he pines for a woman he loved and lost in his youth.
A Free Life features in the following genres: General Fiction, Family Drama
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A Free Life was written by Ha Jin and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
A Free Life has 672 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage International series