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en-wikipedia-org-2496		Waiting (novel) - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	1112	117	80	Waiting (novel) Wikipedia Waiting is a 1999 novel by Chinese-American author Ha Jin which won the National Book Award that year.[1] It is based on a true story that Jin heard from his wife when they were visiting her family at an army hospital in China. The plot revolves around the fortunes of three people: Lin Kong, the army doctor; his wife Shuyu, whom he has never loved; and the nurse Manna Wu, his girlfriend at the hospital where he works. He goes to Shuyu, asking her to forgive him, to wait, and help him raise his children after Manna dies. Waiting won both the National Book Award for Fiction[1] National Book Award for Fiction (1975–1999) National Book Award for Fiction (1975–1999) Charming Billy by Alice McDermott (1998) Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Waiting_(novel)&oldid=1003405854" National Book Award for Fiction winning works	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-2496.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-2496.txt