Ha Jin, one of the finest chroniclers of the Chinese mind, hasn’t returned to the mainland since he left it to study American literature at Brandeis University in 1985. But, in a way, he never really left. China is the scene of his large body of fiction. In Nanjing Requiem, he pays tribute to good people in dark times while exploring a subject still taboo in his homeland. He hopes finally to put old souls to rest.
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