Waiting
Chinese and American novelist, born 1956. Won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1999.
Waiting is a 1999 novel by Ha Jin. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1999.
On 2 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Ha Jin
- First published
- 1999
- Length
- 320 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- National Book Award for Fiction winner, 1999
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction shortlist, 2000
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Love story, Political, War and conflict
Is Waiting worth reading?
2 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it: the National Book Award for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1999) | Winner | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 2000) | Shortlist | See the list |
Best edition of Waiting
The edition we link to is the Vintage paperback (2000), 320 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage (paperback, 2000)
- Pages
- 320
- ISBN
- 9780099287599
How critics, prizes and readers rate Waiting
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 56% of the points available on prize lists, against 0% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work