Book description
For more than seventeen years, Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, has been in love with an educated, clever, modern woman, Manna Wu. But back in his traditional home village lives the humble, loyal wife his family chose for him years ago. Every summer, he returns to ask herā¦
Why read it?
2 authors picked Waiting as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Emotion, in particular love, knows no bounds of race, culture, past, or future. I think love reaches uncommon heights in times of stress, which accounts for falling in love with abandonālike in wartime. Or when culture curbs or forbids loveās expression.
So here in this book, Lin Kong, a doctor, feels constrained during the Chinese Cultural Revolutionāperhaps seeing through its faƧade of freedom, particularly in his own marriage. And upon that conundrum rests the plot: Linās waiting 18 years (by law) for divorce so he can be with the woman he desires. But the longer he waits, the more heā¦
From Jack's list on coming of age novels that tell fascinating stories anyone can relate to.
This book takes place in China during and after the years of the Cultural Revolution. What makes this novel one I really enjoyed is how the author used a dramatic story to explore the cultural conflicts in a 5000-year-old country (China) struggling to become more modern. The main character is an army doctor who waits as he is torn between a marriage with someone who believes in blind adherence to ancient customs and a new, more modern love.
From Deborah's list on China's myths, religions, politics, and culture.
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