Saboteur is a short story by Ha Jin. It was originally published in the Antioch Review in 1996. The story is set in totalitarian China after the Cultural Revolution. The protagonist is a 34-year-old university professor named Chiu Maguang, who is arrested by the police one day for no legitimate reason. While in custody, Chiu is devastated to find that all of his attempts to have justice are thwarted. The story explores themes of injustice, totalitarianism, and corruption.
Few writers have appeared on the American literary scene to such sudden acclaim as the Chinese émigré Ha Jin. His first short-story collection about life in the Chinese People's Liberati...
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Ha Jin has published volumes of poetry, collections of short stories, and novels. His short fiction in Ocean of Words: Army Stories (1996) and Under the Red Flag (1997) won praise from critics and two...
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Ha Jin