Between Silences: A Voice from China

by Ha Jin

Book Overview

"Mixing autobiography with invented other voices, this book is an extraordinary meditation on what it means to have lived the history of China in the second half of the twentieth century. At its best, Ha Jin's language is as accessible, penetrating, and mysterious as Pound's Cathay. This is a profound book, an event."--Frank Bidart

"In these poems Ha Jin gives voice to the millions whose lives were altered and whose tongues were silenced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226399877
• ISBN13: 9780226399874
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.6" x 8.6"