In this novel, a Catholic missionary describes one character as an "angel," a phrase she comes to detest after failing to find it in the dictionary.
In this novel, a Catholic missionary describes one character as an "angel," a phrase she comes to detest after failing to find it in the dictionary. A farmer in this novel is forced into debt after people find that he has been stuffing his piglets with wheat from behind in order to increase their weight. In this novel, Bensheng intercedes on behalf of his sister, whose bound feed become a curiosity to the nurses at the military (*) hospital where she visits her emotionally distant husband. During their annual trips to the courthouse, Shuyu reneges on the promises she makes to her husband, a doctor in the army who carries on a loveless affair with Manna Wu in this novel. For 10 points, name this novel in which Lin Kong spends eighteen years with his wife so that he can divorce her without her consent, written by Ha Jin.
In this novel, a Catholic missionary describes one character as an "angel," a phrase she comes to detest after failing to find it in the dictionary.
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