The Writer as Migrant

by Ha Jin

Book Overview

Novelist Ha Jin raises questions about language, migration, and the place of literature in a rapidly globalizing world.

Consisting of three interconnected essays, The Writer as Migrant sets Ha Jin's own work and life alongside those of other literary exiles, creating a conversation across cultures and between eras. He employs the cases of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Chinese novelist Lin Yutang to illustrate the obligation a writer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226399885
• ISBN13: 9780226399881
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.7"