Looking for Tank Man
  • Published: 3 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781635423839
  • Imprint: Other Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $36.00

Looking for Tank Man

A Novel

  • Ha Jin
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3 Feb 2026
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A Harvard student from China discovers the fraught, hidden history of the Tiananmen Square massacre in this powerful novel of protest and suppression from the National Book Award–winning author.

A Harvard student from China discovers the fraught, hidden history of the Tiananmen Square massacre in this powerful novel of protest and suppression from the National Book Award–winning author.

When the Chinese premier visits Harvard, international student Pei Lulu encounters a lone protester, who will drastically change her understanding of the People's Republic and her own place in the world. For the first time, Lulu learns of the 1989 protest movement and the government’s violent response. Determined to find out more, she seeks answers from her family, who share surprising stories of their involvement, and from a formative university course based on powerful firsthand accounts.

At once a compelling coming-of-age tale and a poignant tribute to the courage of activists, Looking for Tank Man keeps this tragedy alive in the public memory and warns against the dangers of authoritarian regimes.
  • Published: 3 February 2026
  • ISBN: 9781635423839
  • Imprint: Other Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $36.00
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Praise for Waiting:

Winner of the National Book Award, PEN / Faulkner Award, and Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

“Ha Jin’s novel could hardly be less theatrical, yet we’re immediately engaged by its narrative structure, by its wry humor and by the subtle, startling shifts it produces in our understanding of characters and their situation.” —New York Times Book Review

“Subtle and complex—his best work to date. A moving meditation on the effects of time upon love.” —Washington Post

 “A simple love story that transcends cultural barriers...Convincing and rich in detail...Filled with an earthy poetic grace.” —Chicago Tribune

Praise for Waiting:

Winner of the National Book Award, PEN / Faulkner Award, and Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize

“Ha Jin’s novel could hardly be less theatrical, yet we’re immediately engaged by its narrative structure, by its wry humor and by the subtle, startling shifts it produces in our understanding of characters and their situation.” —New York Times Book Review

“Subtle and complex—his best work to date. A moving meditation on the effects of time upon love.” —Washington Post

 “A simple love story that transcends cultural barriers...Convincing and rich in detail...Filled with an earthy poetic grace.” —Chicago Tribune