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Under the Red Flag
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The acclaimed poet Ha Jin was raised in China and emigrated to the United States after the Tiananmen Square massacre in 1989. In
, he writes about loss and moral deterioration with the keen sense of a survivor. His stories examine life in the bleak rural town of Dismount Fort, where privacy is nonexistent and paranoia rules as neighbor turns against neighbor, husband turns against wife, state turns against individual, history turns against humanity.
In "A Man-to-Be," an engaged militiaman participates in a gang rape, but finds himself impotent when he looks into the eyes of the victim. His fiancee's family breaks off the engagement, not because of the rape, but because they doubt his virility. In "Winds and Clouds over a Funeral," a Communist leader disobeys his mother's last wish for burial to keep his good standing in the party, but his enemies bring him down for being a bad son. "In Broad Daylight" is the story of the public humiliation of a woman accused of being a whore. Her dignified defiance is gradually stripped away as she is dragged through the streets, cursed and spat upon by strangers and family alike.
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“This book has high highs but VERY low lows i ranked the stories as I went, I know it was all real but some of the stories were just too much for me yk
1. winds and clouds over a funeral- literally a perfect story so sweet so perfect could talk abt 4ever 10/10
2. taking a husband- also perfect almost teared up at this one wow. i want tv show. 10/10
3. new arrival- so good like it really was adorable 9/10
4. again, the spring breeze blew- so entertaining kept me on my toes. uncomfy, powerful, lessons 8/10
5. a decade- was a good finish tbh, one of the better stories. sweet story with an inspired finish 8/10
6. fortune- pulled me more than the ones below it, but there were just better ones 7.5/10
7. emperor- odd. but such a good statement on power trips and balance 7/10
8. Resurrection- REALLY odd was all kind of build up to the final moment of the cut. 7/10
9. sovereignty- got a little lost towards the end but most of it was like powerful and perfect 7/10
10. in broad daylight- made me uncomfortable. i know it was supposed to do that but it honestly really interesting but it made me not want to read it yk 6/10
11. the richest man- boring af i felt kinda bad for this man but he was evil or something! also like in the end it was like nothing had happened 5/10
12. man to be- actually made me want to barf wtf. i know it’s supposed to be nasty but this is the second story of your book, don’t you want me to read the rest? it served its purpose 3/10”
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About Ha Jin
HA JIN is a professor of English at Boston University. His books include A Good Fall, A Free Life, and War Trash. He is a Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has also received such honors as the National Book Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, and PEN/Hemingway Award.
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