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An edition of In the Pond (1998)

In the pond

a novel

1st Vintage International ed.

by

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Set in the northern provincial commune town of Dismount Fort, In the Pond tells the story of Shao Bin, a worker at the Harvest Fertilizer plant who aims above his station. Passed over on the list to receive a larger apartment, while those in favor with the party are selected ahead of him, Shao Bin chafes at his powerlessness until he hits upon a solution: placing a satirical cartoon in the provincial newspaper.

In the Pond is a close, unsentimental depiction of life in a small factory town: the maneuvering, posturing, petty jealousies and injustices of an ordinary man who tangles with the party bosses. In this first novel, as in his short fiction, "Ha Jin captures the particularities of life in China, yet we recognize his characters intimately.

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Vintage International
Language
English
Pages
178

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Subjects
Communes (China), Working class, City and town life, Fiction, Pond ecology, Fiction, general, China, fiction, Social life and customs, Manners and customs
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China

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Fiction.

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Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3560.I6 I6 2000, PS3560.I6I6 2000

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Pagination
178 p. ;
Number of pages
178

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OL6778512M
ISBN 10
0375709118
LCCN
00021466
OCLC/WorldCat
43403434
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17968
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372292

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First Sentence

"SHAO BIN FELT SICK of Dismount Fort, a commune town where he had lived for over six years."

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