In another novel by this author, the protagonist is elected "model officer" every year at the hospital where he works, where he meets a brutal officer named Geng Yang.
In a recent novel by this author, the protagonist has the words "FUCK COMMUNISM" forcibly tattooed onto his stomach, but changes the tattoo to read "FUCK U.S." later on. This author wrote a story whose protagonist spitefully causes a hepatitis outbreak after being unfairly jailed for protesting when a pair of police officers throw tea on his shoes. In another novel by this author, the protagonist is elected "model officer" every year at the hospital where he works, where he meets a brutal officer named Geng Yang. Many of this author's works, including the stories collected in The Bridegroom, are set in the fictional Muji City. In a National Book Award-winning novel by this author, Shuyu continually refuses to consent to divorcing the protagonist, army doctor Lin Kong, who thus spends seventeen years in a stagnant relationship with Manna. For 10 points, name this Chinese-American author of War Trash, "Saboteur", and Waiting.
In a recent novel by this author, the protagonist has the words "FUCK COMMUNISM" forcibly tattooed onto his stomach, but changes the tattoo to read "FUCK U.S." later on.
Ha Jin [or Jin Xuefei]