Ha Jin read from 'A Free Life'

Published: Dec. 26, 2007, 2:30 p.m.

Ha Jin's novel "Waiting" won the National Book Award for fiction as well as the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999. His 2004 novel "War Trash" also won the PEN/Faulkner Award. He has published two collections of poetry and two award-winning collections of short fiction.