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.
一个偶然的机会,读了李翊云2003在New Yorker上的短篇Extra,并开始对她产生兴趣。于是找出了她的另外两部短篇:《The old country》和《Eat, Memory; Orange Crush》。之后又在网上做了点功课,得知她1996年北大生物毕业到爱荷华大学读免疫,后来转为小说创作,2005年的处女短...
评分一个偶然的机会,读了李翊云2003在New Yorker上的短篇Extra,并开始对她产生兴趣。于是找出了她的另外两部短篇:《The old country》和《Eat, Memory; Orange Crush》。之后又在网上做了点功课,得知她1996年北大生物毕业到爱荷华大学读免疫,后来转为小说创作,2005年的处女短...
评分也是前不久才知道这个人。居然是在时尚杂志Elle上看到的,颇为有趣。后来在M dong家的期末饭局上提起用英语写作的born-in-mainland,我们说起除了哈金,就是这个Yiyun Li. 我看书有个毛病,就是先会去网上做所谓的homework。查查这个人的背景,搜搜书评什么的,否则不敢贸然浪...
评分A Thousand Years of Good Prayers is a collection of ten short stories written by the Chinese author Yiyun Li. The sharp observation of human relationships, the sometimes punchy, sometimes minimalistic dialogs, as well as the warmth and empathy underneath, a...
看了卫报的评论。还好,没有过多的琐碎。政治背景不大可能抛得开,作者是个聪明的女人。
评分不解的是她在迎合还是纯粹自我分裂
评分李翊云第一次写小说,是用英语。她是中国人,1973年生,北大生物系毕业后到美国留学。她说:英语给她表达的自由。 在书虫看到她,非常欣赏。那种淳朴诚实的气质,和她自己喜欢的小说的“villageness"的风格,倒是相承。会场上,她不知说了几次抱歉不了解,不知道,所以回答不了你的问题。啊,我有多久没有见过这样的“自然”人。 中国作家里她喜欢沈从文和老舍。外国则是她一再提及的爱尔兰作家William Trevor,后者小说的人物身上便有她为之着迷的villageness。
评分我一直佩服用英文写作的中国作者。她的故事充满了有故事的人,小说读完了,会给人留有想象空间。故事无关宏大历史的背景,但是你在她故事中读得出时代感。
评分李翊云第一次写小说,是用英语。她是中国人,1973年生,北大生物系毕业后到美国留学。她说:英语给她表达的自由。 在书虫看到她,非常欣赏。那种淳朴诚实的气质,和她自己喜欢的小说的“villageness"的风格,倒是相承。会场上,她不知说了几次抱歉不了解,不知道,所以回答不了你的问题。啊,我有多久没有见过这样的“自然”人。 中国作家里她喜欢沈从文和老舍。外国则是她一再提及的爱尔兰作家William Trevor,后者小说的人物身上便有她为之着迷的villageness。
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