description: An ambitious and dedicated Chinese doctor, Lin Kong finds himself torn between two very different women--the educated and dynamic nurse with whom he has fallen in love and his traditional, meek, and humble wife.
language: English
title: Waiting
titlecomplete: Waiting
genres: Asian Literature, Fiction, China, Historical, Asia, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 21902
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: National Book Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Demco Media