Ha Jin Message Board 8/29/2012 4:41:59 PM
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Waiting
WAITING is the stor of Lin Kong, a doctor in the Chinese army, trapped in an arranged, loveless marriage to Shuyu who lives in a small village, a day's travel away from the city where he is stationed.
Lin wants Shuyu to agree to a divorce so that he may marry Manna Wu, a nurse whom he met in the hospital where he works.
Every summer, Lin travels back to his village where Shuyu lives with their daughter, to appear with her before a magistra...
