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A Good Fall
Stories
Author: Ha Jin
Narrator: a full cast, Tai Sammons, Ray Porter, Robertson Dean, Richard Powers, Anthony Heald, Kate Reading, Eddie Lopez, Malcolm Hillgartner, Bernadette Dunne, Carrington MacDuffie, Scott Brick
Unabridged: 7 hr 35 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 11/24/2009
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Cultural Fiction
Synopsis
National Book Award-winner Ha Jin brings us a collection of stories that delve into the experiences of Chinese immigrants in America. All of Ha Jin’s characters struggle in situations that stir their conflicting desires to remain attached to their native land and traditions while also exploring their newfound social and economic freedoms.A lonely composer takes comfort in the songs of his girlfriend’s parakeet; a group of young children declare their wish to change their names so that they might sound more “American,” unaware of how deeply this will sadden their grandparents; a Chinese professor of English attempts to defect with the help of a reluctant former student. In each of these deeply moving, acutely insightful, and often strikingly humorous stories we are reminded again of the storytelling prowess of this superb writer.