This was the first Ha Jin I have read. Its heard to imagine that the superb use of language is by someone who learned english, a second language. Very much simple and understandable. Anyone who know the basic english can read easily and can understand.
In waiting a award winning author Ha Jin draws on his intimate knowledge of contemporary china to create a novel of unexpected richness and feeling. This is the true story of Lin Kong, a man living in two worlds, struggling with the conflicting claims of two utterly different women as he moves through the political minefields of a society designed to regulate his every move and stifle the prompting of his innermost heart.
Overall this book deserved the wining.