A Song Everlasting (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781524748791)

From the universally admired, National Book Award-winning, bestselling author of Waiting--a timely novel that follows a famous Chinese singer severed from his country, as he works to find his way in the United States

At the end of a U.S. tour with his state-supported choir, popular singer Yao Tian takes a private gig in New York to pick up some extra cash for his daughter's tuition fund, but the consequences of his choice spiral out of control. On his return to China, Tian is informed that the sponsors of the event were supporters of Taiwan's secession, and that he must deliver a formal self-criticism. When he is asked to forfeit his passport to his employer, Tian impulsively decides instead to return to New York to protest the government's threat to his artistic integrity.

With the help of his old friend Yabin, Tian's career begins to flourish in the United States. But he is soon placed on a Chinese gov­ernment blacklist and thwarted by the state at every turn, and it becomes increasingly clear that he may never return to China unless he denounces the freedoms that have made his new life possible. Tian nevertheless insists on his identity as a performer, refusing to give up his art. Moving, important, and strikingly relevant to our times, A Song Everlasting is a story of hope in the face of hardship from one of our most celebrated authors.

Author: Ha Jin
ISBN-10: 152474879X
ISBN-13: 9781524748791
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Language: English
Published: 07/27/2021
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.37h x 6.54w x 1.42d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 02/01/2021 pg. 62
Publishers Weekly 05/10/2021
Kirkus Reviews 05/15/2021
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 36
Library Journal 06/18/2021 pg. 1
Shelf Awareness 08/24/2021