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Name: In the Pond

Author: Ha Jin
Year: 1998
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Popularity: 1.5
Genres/categories: Fiction
Culture: China

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ISBN:
9780099428169
9780606218474
9780613368292
9780944072929
0099428164
0606218475
0613368290
0944072925
In the Pond is a 2000 novel by Ha Jin, who has also written Under the Red Flag, Ocean of Winds, and Waiting. He has been praised for his works relating to Chinese life and culture. The novel centers around the character Shao Bin, a Chinese man working at fertilizer plant, and his epic struggle to obtain a decent apartment for his young family. Continually passed over by the plant's corrupt leaders, Bin decides to fight back against his communist superiors. Conflict espouses when Bin's struggle is met with counterattacks and opposition he could never have imagined.
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