When The Bridegroom came out, the National Cultural Association invited him to Taiwan. The timing was a little awkward: the US was still under the black cloud of the 9-11 attacks and Taiwan had just been ravaged by Typhoon Nari.
《新郎》出版時哈金應中華文化總會之邀首度訪台，其時美國尚還籠罩在 911 事件的世紀烏雲中，台灣則剛受到納莉颱風重創。