《等待》是一部充满多种复杂感情色彩的小说。它讲述了孔林、淑玉和曼娜三人之间的长达18年的离婚、再结合的感情纠葛,展现了真实的人性和人与人之间的复杂情感。《等待》并非一个简单的爱情故事,小说的感情主线与其说是爱,准确地来说更应该定为依赖和欲望。《等待》是哈金的著名作品之一。作为一个生于美国的华裔作家,哈金对描述普通的中国老百姓的真实生活有着独到的见解和精妙的手法。《等待》讲述了一个关于孔林、 Waiting is a novel full of complex emotions. It tells of the 18-year-old divorce between the three people, namely, Kong Lin, Shu Yu and Man Na, and their emotional entanglement, which shows the true human nature and the complex emotions between people. “Waiting” is not a simple love story. The main line of feeling in the novel is not so much love as it is, but more accurately, it should be defined as dependence and desire. Waiting is one of Hakin’s famous works. As a Chinese-American writer born in the United States, Hakin has unique insights and exquisite techniques in describing the real life of ordinary Chinese people. “Waiting” tells a story about Kong Lin,