Jin Pseudonym Xuefei (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First British edition, first printing. "Published in the United Kingdom in 2002 by William Heinemann" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 10 to the copyright page. Jin garnered numerous accolades for his works including TWO Pen/Faulkner Awards, the National Book Award, three Pushcart Prizes, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. The author, who decided to hastily emigrate to the U.S. for his writing freedom after the 1989 Tiananman Square massacre and protest, draws on his own Chinese experiences and reactions for this culture rich, modern-historical novel of the 1989 incident, its resulting tensions and effects on citizens, writers, and the tightening of the government on its frightened people. Fine, square, and tight in black linen boards with gilt embossed titles to the spine; in a fine dust jacket; original printed £12.99 price still intact to the front inner flap. Octavo; 323 pages; plus information pages to the rear.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. "First edition" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 9 to the copyright page. Jin, a Chinese-born exile, now American professor of English, is also a poet, short story writer and novelist who garnered numerous accolades for his works including TWO Pen/Faulkner Awards, three Pushcart Prizes, the National Book Award, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. This novel depicts contemporary Chinese society and its citizens political suppression effects, after the Tiananmen uprising. Fine, square, and tight in smooth antique-cream over textured black boards with black embossed titles to the spine, black-and-white headband and tail-band; in a very near fine dust jacket minutely crimped to the upper spine edge; original printed $24.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. NO remainder mark.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing; first state dust jacket. "First edition" statement and first printing number code sequence 1 through 9 to the copyright page. Jin, a Chinese-born exile, now American professor of English, is also a poet, short story writer and novelist who garnered numerous accolades for his works including TWO Pen/Faulkner Awards, and three Pushcart Prizes. Banned in China in its original form, this novel based on three real Chinese peoples' politically regulated lives, causing love to be hard-found, won the Pen/Faulkner Award, the National Book Award, and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Mildly crimped to the lower spine edge, else very nearly fine, square, and very tight in black over black boards with yellow titles to the spine, black-and-white headband and tail-band; in a fine first state dust jacket with NO prize sticker attached; original printed $24.00 price still intact to the front inner flap. NO remainder mark; No prize sticker.