Ha Jin is a contemporary Chinese American poet and novelist who is most commonly associated with the Misty Poetry movement. His contributions to the world of fiction have been awarded with such honors as the National Book Award and the Townsend Prize for Fiction. This Guggenheim Fellow was a young child in China under communist rule and was only 14 years old when he became a member of the People's Liberation Army. In this riveting book about this celebrated author, critical analysis of his works are presented. Your readers will engage deeply with this volume by learning how to identify themes, analyze how elements in the text interact, and how to identify the informational context behind the fictional treatment Jin uses with his chosen words.