The Crazed
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:2nd Oct '03
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
'Reading [Ha Jin] is almost like falling in love' New Yorker
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.
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.
Expertly done * Daily Mail *
A compelling book... [Jin] has a fine sense of the human scale of history and an eye for the absurd * Guardian *
[Jin's] new novel...again demonstrates his literary gifts * The Times *
A fascinating tale told with skill and eloquence; a truly wonderful read * Publishing News *
The Crazed...is a complicated web of human attachments. Like the best realist writers, Ha Jin sneaks emotional power into the plainest declarative sentences * New Yorker *
ISBN: 9780099444886
Dimensions: 198mm x 130mm x 20mm
Weight: 239g
336 pages