{"product_id":"the-bridegroom-paperback-by-ha-jin","title":"The Bridegroom Paperback by Ha Jin","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                            \n                                \n                                    \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                                    \u003cul\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eVintage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2001-09-11)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e240\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780375724930\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e198.45\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                        \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e7.97 x 5.17 x 0.52\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                    \u003cbr\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eFrom the remarkable Ha Jin, winner of the National Book Award for his celebrated novel \u003cb\u003eWaiting\u003c\/b\u003e, a collection of comical and deeply moving tales of contemporary China that are as warm and human as they are surprising, disturbing, and delightful.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the title story, the head of security at a factory is shocked, first when the hansomest worker on the floor proposes marriage to his homely adopted daughter, and again when his new son-in-law is arrested for the \"crime\" of homosexuality. In \"After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town,\" the workers at an American-style fast food franchise receive a hilarious crash course in marketing, deep frying, and that frustrating capitalist dictum, \"the customer is always right.\"Ha Jin has triumphed again with his unforgettable storytelling in \u003cb\u003eThe Bridegroom\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                    \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                    \u003cp\u003eHa Jin\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eleft his native China in 1985 to attend Brandeis University. He is the author of the internationally bestselling novel \u003cb\u003eWaiting\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award and the National Book Award, and \u003cb\u003eWar Trash\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and was a Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize; the story collections \u003cb\u003eThe Bridegroom\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the Asian American Literary Award, \u003cb\u003eUnder the Red Flag\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction, and \u003cb\u003eOcean of Words\u003c\/b\u003e, which won the PEN\/Hemingway Award; the novels \u003cb\u003eThe Crazed\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eIn the Pond\u003c\/b\u003e; and three books of poetry. His latest novel,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Free Life\u003c\/b\u003e is his first novel set in the United States. He lives in the Boston area and is a professor of English at Boston University.\u003cb\u003eWar Trash\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Crazed\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Bridegroom\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWaiting\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eIn the Pond\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eOcean of Words\u003c\/b\u003e are available in paperback from Vintage Books.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \n                            \n                            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44909713260705,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780375724930","price":18.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780375724930.jpg?v=1745429890","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-bridegroom-paperback-by-ha-jin","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}