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Yiyun Li - Thousand Years of Good Prayers, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2006

Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Av Yiyun Li

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Beskrivning
Brilliant and original, ‘A Thousand Years of Good Prayers’ introduces a remarkable first collection of stories about China from an author set to become a major literary talent.In this extraordinary first collection, Yiyun Li brings us a modern China facing up to a complex history of repression and guilt. In 'Immortality', winner of the Paris Review prize, a young man bears a striking resemblance to the dictator, and so finds a strange kind of calling. In 'Extra', first published in the New Yorker, a Chinese woman, alone in middle age, befriends a young boy who has become an outcast in a remote country school. In their friendship, we see how love can begin to overcome the strictures that dominate their lives.In turn horrifying and breathtakingly lyrical, Yiyun Li, a new and talented young Chinese writer, confronts the silence that dominated the history of her country, and illuminates how mythology, politics, history and culture intersect with personality. She leaves us with an enduring vision of a country undergoing tremendous change.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2006-11-06
  • Mått: 129 x 197 x 13 mm
  • Vikt: 160 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 254
  • Förlag: HarperCollins Publishers
  • ISBN: 9780007196630
  • Miljömärkning: Produced using independently certified paper to ensure responsible forestry management. (Certification is by FSC, PEFC or SFI.) Produced in the UK using 100% renewable electricity.
  • Utmärkelser: Winner of Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award 2005
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Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing and came to the United States in 1996. Her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and Guardian First Book Award. Her novel, The Vagrants, was shortlisted for Dublin IMPAC Award. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. She was selected by Granta as one of the 21 Best Young American Novelists under 35, and was named by The New Yorker as one of the top 20 writers under 40. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband and their two sons.

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‘Li’s writing is beautifully spare and controlled.’ The Times

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