A Thousand Years of Good Prayers: Stories Yiyun Li,
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 081297333X
DDC: 813
Edition: Paperback; 2006-09-12
Summary:
Brilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a
remarkable new writer whose breathtaking stories are set in China and
among Chinese Americans in the United States. In this rich,
astonishing collection, Yiyun Li illuminates how mythology, politics,
history, and culture intersect with personality to create fate. From
the bustling heart of Beijing, to a fast-food restaurant in Chicago,
to the barren expanse of Inner Mongolia, A Thousand Years of Good
Prayers reveals worlds both foreign and familiar, with heartbreaking
honesty and in beautiful prose.“Immortality,” winner of The Paris
Review’s Plimpton Prize for new writers, tells the story of a young
man who bears a striking resemblance to a dictator and so finds a
calling to immortality. In “The Princess of Nebraska,” a man and a
woman who were both in love with a young actor in China meet again in
America and try to reconcile the lost love with their new lives.
“After a Life” illuminates the vagaries of marriage, parenthood, and
gender, unfolding the story of a couple who keep a daughter hidden
from the world. And in “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” in which a
man visits America for the first time to see his recently divorced
daughter, only to discover that all is not as it seems, Li boldly
explores the effects of communism on language, faith, and an entire
people, underlining transformation in its many meanings and
incarnations.These and other daring stories form a mesmerizing
tapestry of revelatory fiction by an unforgettable writer.From the
Hardcover edition.
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