About this guide
The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your group’s reading of Ha Jin’s first novel, In the Pond, and two of his short fiction collections, Ocean of Words and The Bridegroom.
Listen as guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Ha Jin on NPR’s On Point about A Good Fall, now on sale from Pantheon Books. National Book Award–winning Ha Jin gives us this new collection that delves into the experience of Chinese immigrants in America. Kansas City Star calls A Good Fall Ha Jin’s “best work so far,” in its list of the top 100 books of 2009.
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The Huffington Post
National Book Award–winning Ha Jin presents A Good Fall, an “artfully turned out” (Elle) collection of short stories delving into the experience of Chinese immigrants in America, now on sale from Pantheon Books.
Ha Jin will be appearing at Boston bookstores during the first week of December.
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Knopf
Doubleday
Pantheon
Vintage/Anchor