Description
For decades, Gary Weimin Shang lives a carefully managed double life—an American CIA translator and trusted insider whose loyalty is quietly tethered to the People’s Republic of China. As his access to sensitive intelligence grows, so does the moral cost of betrayal, rippling through his relationships with his wives, his daughter, and the people who believe in him. Ha Jin’s psychological espionage novel traces the long arc of conflicted allegiance, revealing how ideology, fear, and self-doubt can coexist with ambition and routine. With a style marked by crisp realism and intimate interiority, the story also turns toward a haunting family mystery—his first marriage in China—and asks what it means to betray not only others, but the self you’ve tried to preserve.
Available Editions
paperback
Pantheon Books
Published Jan 1, 2014
280 pages
ISBN: 9780307911605
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Details
First Published
2014
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for A Map of Betrayal by Ha Jin.