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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: A History of World War II de Yiyun Li

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: A History of World War II

Autor Yiyun Li
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 noi 2006

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Kiriyama Prize (2006), Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (2006), Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award (2006)
Introduces a collection of stories about China. This work brings us a modern China facing up to a complex history of repression and guilt. In "Immortality", a young man bears a striking resemblance to the dictator, and so finds a strange kind of calling. In "Extra", a Chinese woman, alone in middle age, befriends a young boy.
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ISBN-13: 9780007196630
ISBN-10: 0007196636
Pagini: 205
Dimensiuni: 130 x 196 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Harper Perennial
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Recenzii

'Li's writing is beautifully spare and controlled.' The Times 'Yiyun's confidence as a storyteller lends her fiction a traditional air, but there's nothing old fashioned about her perspective...When I've sampled other recent Chinese writing, I've had a sense of western publishers being seduced by the novelty of it all, snapping up authors with dramatic histories and slim talents. Yiyun is the real deal...Yiyun has the talent, the vision and the respect for life's insoluble mysteries to be a truly fine writer. Michel Faber, Guardian 'Great narrative skill...demonstrates that the best way to learn about people in a foreign culture is through good fiction.' Irish Times 'Li has a remarkable talent for telling the story of the whole of China through apparently insignificant lives.' New Statesman 'These mesmerising stories present a glimpse of modern China more nuanced than any reporter could ever hop to gleam.' Daily Mail 'Li's moving, engrossing stories are particular in their place...but universal in their themes and their relevance.' The Observer 'If you have ever wondered what life is like in modern China, but can't afford the airfare and lessons in Mandarin, you should read this book. In fact if you haven't given China a second thought, this is a collection of stories worth reading.' Impac News

Notă biografică

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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In this collection of stories, the author illuminates how mythology, politics, history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate.

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