The Bridegroom (short story collection)
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The Bridegroom is a collection of twelve short stories by Chinese-American author Ha Jin
. The stories are set in Muji City in contemporary China
, the same provincial
city that served as the setting for his 1999 novel, Waiting
. Three of the stories have been included in The Best American Short Stories series . The Bridegroom was published by Pantheon Books
in 2000.
Ha Jin
Jīn Xuěfēi is a contemporary Chinese-American writer and novelist using the pen name Ha Jin . Ha comes from his favorite city, Harbin.-Early life:...
. The stories are set in Muji City in contemporary China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
, the same provincial
Province
A province is a territorial unit, almost always an administrative division, within a country or state.-Etymology:The English word "province" is attested since about 1330 and derives from the 13th-century Old French "province," which itself comes from the Latin word "provincia," which referred to...
city that served as the setting for his 1999 novel, Waiting
Waiting (novel)
Waiting is a novel by award-winning author Ha Jin. The book is based on a true story that Jin heard from his wife when they were visiting her family at an army hospital in China. At the hospital was an army doctor who had waited eighteen years to get a divorce so he could marry his longtime friend,...
. Three of the stories have been included in The Best American Short Stories series . The Bridegroom was published by Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books
Pantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
in 2000.
The stories
- "SaboteurSaboteur (short story)-Plot:The story opens with Mr. Chiu eating lunch with his bride in the square near Muji Train Station. His two-week honeymoon is coming to an end. Mr. Chiu is concerned about his acute hepatitis that he had suffered from three months earlier and is afraid of a relapse. A policeman throws tea in...
" - "Alive"
- "In the Kindergarten"
- "A Tiger-Fighter Is Hard to Find"
- "Broken"
- "The Bridegroom"
- "An Entrepreneur’s Story"
- "Flame"
- "A Bad Joke"
- "An Official Reply"
- "The Woman From New York"
- "After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town"