HA JIN — Nanjing Requiem: A Novel
New York: Pantheon Books, 2011. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0307379760. Stated first edition, in a first printing with full number line on copyright page. The author's novel is set in Nanjing during the horrific occupation by the Japanese in 1937, and is centered around an American educator whose college is transformed into a refugee camp. With a sketch map of the college grounds at endpapers. --- In beige paper-covered boards with spine titling in red. Dust jacket features Jerry Bauer photographic portrait of the author to rear flap. --- A clean, tightly-bound copy but with a sloppily-applied red remainder mark to textblock lower edge and to edge of front cover. Unclipped, bright jacket with a little creasing to spine ends, else undamaged.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall ; (10), 303 pages. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .
