 First edition | |
| Author | Ha Jin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Set in | China |
| Publisher | Pantheon |
Publication date | October 3, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 225 |
The Bridegroom is a collection of twelve short stories by Chinese-American author Ha Jin. The stories are set in Muji City in contemporary China, the same provincial city that served as the setting for his novel Waiting.
| Story | Originally published in |
|---|---|
| " Saboteur" | The Antioch Review |
| "Alive" | AGNI |
| "In the Kindergarten" | Five Points |
| "A Tiger-Fighter Is Hard to Find" | The Oxford American |
| "Broken" | Columbia |
| "The Bridegroom" | Harper's |
| "An Entrepreneur's Story" | Witness |
| "Flame" | Missouri Review |
| "A Bad Joke" | Manoa |
| "An Official Reply" | Shenandoah |
| "The Woman from New York" | The Boston Book Review |
| "After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town" | TriQuarterly |
"Saboteur," "The Bridegroom," and "After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town" were subsequently included in The Best American Short Stories series. [1]
|
First edition | |
| Author | Ha Jin |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Short stories |
| Set in | China |
| Publisher | Pantheon |
Publication date | October 3, 2000 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 225 |
The Bridegroom is a collection of twelve short stories by Chinese-American author Ha Jin. The stories are set in Muji City in contemporary China, the same provincial city that served as the setting for his novel Waiting.
| Story | Originally published in |
|---|---|
| " Saboteur" | The Antioch Review |
| "Alive" | AGNI |
| "In the Kindergarten" | Five Points |
| "A Tiger-Fighter Is Hard to Find" | The Oxford American |
| "Broken" | Columbia |
| "The Bridegroom" | Harper's |
| "An Entrepreneur's Story" | Witness |
| "Flame" | Missouri Review |
| "A Bad Joke" | Manoa |
| "An Official Reply" | Shenandoah |
| "The Woman from New York" | The Boston Book Review |
| "After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town" | TriQuarterly |
"Saboteur," "The Bridegroom," and "After Cowboy Chicken Came to Town" were subsequently included in The Best American Short Stories series. [1]