01269cam a2200277 i 4500 295926262 TxAuBib 20100106120000.0 000810s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00028405 9780375420672 $22.00 0375420673 $22.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Jin, Ha, 1956- The bridegroom [BOOK] : stories / Ha Jin. New York : Pantheon Books, 2000. 225 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Saboteur -- Flame -- In the kindergarten -- A tiger fighter is hard to find -- Broken -- The bridegroom -- An entrepreneur's story -- Alive -- A bad joke -- An official reply -- The woman from New York -- After Cowboy Chicken came to town. A collection of twelve short stories captures the daily lives and experiences of Chinese women and men who struggle to deal with the influx of Western influence into a society that attempts to control their every thought and move. 20100106. China Social life and customs 1976- Fiction. Short stories.