| Where | Central Library |
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| Room Location | Level 1 - Microsoft Auditorium |
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| Audience | Adults |
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| Language | English |
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| Summary | The award-winning author discusses his newest novel, a darkly funny story of corruption, integrity and the power of the pen. |
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| View in Catalog | "The Boat Rocker" by Ha Jin |
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| Description | New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a website read by Chinese all over the world. Danlin’s explosive exposés have made him legendary among readers—and feared by Communist officials. But his newest assignment may be his undoing: investigating his ex-wife, Yan Haili, an unscrupulous novelist who has willingly become a pawn of the Chinese government in order to realize her dreams of literary stardom.
Haili’s scheme infuriates Danlin both morally and personally—he will do whatever it takes to expose her as a fraud. But in outing Haili, he is also provoking her powerful political allies, and he will need to draw on all of his journalistic cunning to come out of this investigation with his career—and his life—still intact.
Ha Jin left his native China in 1985 to attend Brandeis University. He is the author of six previous novels (including “Waiting” and “War Trash”), four story collections, three volumes of poetry, and a book of essays. He has received the National Book Award, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, the PEN/Hemingway Foundation Award, the Asian American Literary Award, and the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction. In 2014 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Ha Jin lives in the Boston area and is director of the creative writing program at Boston University. He last presented at The Seattle Public Library in 2007 for his novel “A Free Life.” We are thrilled to welcome him back to Seattle! |
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| Notes | Library events and programs are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required. Doors to the Auditorium will open at 6:30 p.m. Please enter via the Fourth Ave. entrance.
Parking in the Central Library garage will be available for $6 after 5 p.m.
This event is supported by The Seattle Public Library Foundation, author series sponsor Gary Kunis, and media sponsor The Seattle Times and presented in partnership with The Elliott Bay Book Co. Books will be available for purchase and signing. |
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| Podcast | This event will be recorded for podcast. |
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| Contact Info | *Central Library |
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| Have a question? | Ask Us |
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| Contact Phone | 206-386-4636 |
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| Room Capacity | Space is limited at library events. Please come early to make sure you get a seat. Due to the fire code, we can’t exceed the maximum capacity for our rooms. |
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