A Song Everlasting

A Novel

Ha Jin

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English

Alfred A. Knopf
27 July 2021

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

From the universally admired, National Book Award-winning author of Waiting and The Boat Rocker, an urgent, timely novel that follows a famous Chinese singer severed from his country as he works to find his way in the United States.

From the universally admired, National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Waiting-a timely novel that follows a famous Chinese singer severed from his country, as he works to find his way in the United States

At the end of a U.S. tour with his state-supported choir, popular singer Yao Tian takes a private gig in New York to pick up some extra cash for his daughter's tuition fund, but the consequences of his choice spiral out of control. On his return to China, Tian is informed that the sponsors of the event were supporters of Taiwan's secession, and that he must deliver a formal self-criticism. When he is asked to forfeit his passport to his employer, Tian impulsively decides instead to return to New York to protest the government's threat to his artistic integrity.

With the help of his old friend Yabin, Tian's career begins to flourish in the United States. But he is soon placed on a Chinese gov-ernment blacklist and thwarted by the state at every turn, and it becomes increasingly clear that he may never return to China unless he denounces the freedoms that have made his new life possible. Tian nevertheless insists on his identity as a performer, refusing to give up his art. Moving, important, and strikingly relevant to our times, A Song Everlasting is a story of hope in the face of hardship from one of our most celebrated authors.

By: Ha Jin
Imprint: Alfred A. Knopf
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 159mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 621g
ISBN: 9781524748791
ISBN 10: 152474879X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 27 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

HA JIN left his native China in 1985 to attend Brandeis University. He is the author of eight nov-els, four story collections, four volumes of poetry, a biography of Li Bai, and a book of essays. He has received the National Book Award, two PEN/ Faulkner Awards, the PEN/Hemingway Award, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. In 2014 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He is a professor in the creative writing program at Boston University.

Reviews for A Song Everlasting: A Novel

A Summer Must-Read: Minneapolis Star Tribune Fans of serious fiction can immerse themselves in Ha Jin's latest novel, about a singer who finds himself at odds with the Chinese government after he stays in the United States a few days after his state-sanctioned tour. . . . Tian's perseverance and courage is moving and ultimately uplifting, a tribute to the price so many pay to be here. --Connie Ogle, Minneapolis Star Tribune Ha Jin's intimately precise, questioning, and quietly dramatic portrait of a devoted, ever-evolving artist committed to songs that are 'ecstatic and mysterious and solitary' has far-reaching and profound resonance. --Donna Seaman, Booklist (starred review) Written with great control, the novel unfolds as surprisingly as life often does. --Kirkus Reviews