Nanjing Requiem: A Novel by Ha Jin (English) Paperback Book

Description: Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin The award-winning author of "Waiting" and "War Trash" returns to his homeland in a searing new novel that unfurls during one of the darkest moments of the 20th century: the Rape of Nanjing. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description It's 1937, and the Japanese are poised to invade Nanjing. Minnie Vautrin, an American missionary and the dean of Jinling Women's College, decides to remain at the school, convinced that her American citizenship will help her safeguard the welfare of the Chinese men and women who work there. She is painfully mistaken. In the aftermath of the invasion, the school becomes a refugee camp for more than ten thousand homeless women and children, and Vautrin must struggle, day after day, to intercede on the behalf of the hapless victims. Yet even when order and civility are restored, she remains deeply embattled, always haunted by the lives she could not save.At once a searing story that unfurls during one of the darkest moments of the twentieth century and an indelible portrait of a singular and brave woman, "Nanjing Requiem" is another tour de force from the National Book Award-winning author of "Waiting." Notes The National Book Award-winning author of Waiting and War Trash returns to his homeland in this searing novel that retells one of the darkest moments of the 20th century: the rape of Nanjing. Author Biography Ha Jin is the author of "Waiting" (National Book Award winner), "The Bridegroom", and other works. Review "Subtle and powerful." --The New York Times Book Review "Crushingly beautiful, achingly sad. . . . What you most remember, once you put down the book, is not agony and hopelessness, not darkness and blood, but rather the reach of human goodness." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Remarkable. . . . Profoundly moving." --The Plain Dealer "Wonderful. . . . [Ha Jins] control over his characters is masterful; Japanese characters can be kindly, victims can be stridently impatient for vengeance. All are human." --Washington Independent Review of Books "Nanjing Requiem is both plainspoken and revelatory, the saddest of Ha Jins novels. After this past decade of armed conflict, which has put millions of civilians at risk, his reminder of the human costs of war is also, unfortunately, timely." --The Boston Globe "An affecting, insightful portrait." --The Oregonian "[Minnies] humanizing voice and struggling perspective personalize the story and provide an element of reasonableness and decency amid so much savagery. . . . Harrowing." --Wall Street Journal "[Ha Jins] spare prose can achieve a masterful precision. . . . Demonstrate[s] how humans cope when forced together in wartime. . . . Testament to the bravery of women in the most horrifying of circumstances." --The Independent (UK) "Exquisitely painful. . . . Creates an unforgettable impression." --St. Louis Dispatch "Haunting. . . . He has honed a distinctively dry, laconic prose style." --Financial Times "Should be required reading for anyone who isnt familiar with what happened at Nanjing. . . . Courageously and unflinchingly, Ha Jin has taken an important step in remembering both the victims and the heroes of that senseless slaughter." --Associated Press "Delivers glimpses of the massacre in all its reeling madness: the young woman who is driven insane by her manifold violations; the ways violence can smite the spirit, even when the body is spared; the sight of shells bursting in the air like black blossoms." --The Washington Post Prizes Runner-up for Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Fiction) 2012 Review Quote "Subtle and powerful." -- The New York Times Book Review "Crushingly beautiful, achingly sad. . . . What you most remember, once you put down the book, is not agony and hopelessness, not darkness and blood, but rather the reach of human goodness." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Remarkable. . . . Profoundly moving." -- The Plain Dealer Description for Reading Group Guide The introduction, discussion questions, suggestions for further reading, and author biography that follow are designed to enhance your reading groups discussion of Nanjings Requiem . Marked by an unnerving austerity, best-selling and award-winning author Ha Jin examines a period in Chinese history wracked by inexplicable terror and miraculous resistance. Discussion Question for Reading Group Guide 1. Why does Ha Jin tell the story of Nanjing and Minnie Vautrin in Anlings eyes and voice? What does her voice bring to the novel and to Minnies story? What are Anlings strengths and weaknesses as a character and a narrator? Is her version of the events believable? Does her voice change over the course of the novel? 2. In what ways is this novel about power relationships--between the Japanese and Chinese, between soldiers and civilians; between Dr. Dennison and Minnie; between the foreigners living in Nanjing and the Chinese citizens; between teachers and students; between those living in the dormitories and those Excerpt from Book Finally Ban began to talk. For a whole evening we sat in the dining room listening to the boy. He said, "That afternoon when Principal Vautrin told me to go tell Mr. Rabe about the random arrests in our camp, I ran to the Safety Zone Committees headquarters. As I was reaching that house, two Japanese soldiers stopped me, one pointing his bayonet at my tummy and the other sticking his gun against my back. They ripped off my Red Cross armband and hit me in the face with their fists. Then they took me away to White Cloud Shrine. Theres a pond inside the temple, and a lot of carp and bass lived in the water. The monks were all gone except for two old ones whod been shot dead and dumped into a latrine. The Japanese wanted to catch the fish but didnt have a net. An officer emptied his pistol into the pond but didnt hit any fish. Then another one began throwing grenades into the water. In a flash big bass and carp surfaced, all knocked out and belly Details ISBN030774373X Author Ha Jin Short Title NANJING REQUIEM Publisher Vintage Books Series Vintage International (Paperback) Language English ISBN-10 030774373X ISBN-13 9780307743732 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2012 Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1956 Subtitle A Novel Illustrations map Imprint Vintage Books DEWEY FIC Residence Boston, MA, US Pages 300 Publication Date 2012-10-15 Audience General/Trade UK Release Date 2012-10-02 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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