In the Pond
Author: Ha Jin
In the Pond is a 2000 novel by Ha Jin, who has also written Under the Red Flag, Ocean of Winds, and Waiting. He has been praised for his works relating to Chinese life and culture. The novel centers around the character Shao Bin, a Chinese man working at fertilizer plant, and his epic struggle to obtain a decent apartment for his young family. Continually passed over by th….Read More
7 Books Similar to In the Pond
Once Is Not Enough
Once upon a time, the entertainment industry was a world that never slept. Magazine editors, models, pop stars, and all the rest visited "vitamin doctors" to get the shots that… Continue Reading Posted in: Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction
Friends in High Places
When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years earlier, his first reaction, like any other… Continue Reading Posted in: Detective And Mystery Stories, Historical Thrillers, Murder Investigation, Mystery Fiction, Organized Crime
To Risks Unknown
The year: 1943. Now there was to be no more retreat for Britain and her Allies. At last the war was to be carried into enemy territory. And, from captured… Continue Reading Posted in: Historical, War
War Trash
Ha Jin’s masterful new novel casts a searchlight into a forgotten corner of modern history, the experience of Chinese soldiers held in U.S. POW camps during the Korean War. In… Continue Reading Posted in: 1950 1953, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Korean War, Military Historical Fiction, Prisoners And Prisons, Prisoners Of War
Our Man In Havana
Mr. Wormold, vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, is, as always, short of money. His daughter, sixteen, followed everywhere by wolf whistles, is spending his money with a… Continue Reading Posted in: Classic British & Irish Fiction, Classic Literary Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Satire, Secret Service
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.