Jin, Ha
Between Silences: A Voice from China (Phoenix Poets)
University Of Chicago Press, Chicago: 1990
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First edition. 8vo. Orange cloth. 79 pp. Inscribed by Ha Jin (to Richard) on half title. A touch of rubbing to spine ends, else near fine, no jacket as issued.
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