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.
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李翊云并不喜欢读者过多在意她的政治立场，中国的历史背景无可避免是她的小说的潜在舞台，但作品中并没有故意取巧的痕迹，正如她自己所说，她“不是在解剖大陆”而是在解剖人性。李翊云最喜欢的两位作家分别是爱尔兰著名小说家威廉•特雷佛（William Trevor） 和约翰•迈...
評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...
評分A Thousand Years of Good Prayers : Stories win new book award 2006 in UK;Dec.5 2006 in UK
評分A Thousand Years of Good Prayers : Stories win new book award 2006 in UK;Dec.5 2006 in UK
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评分前兩個短篇就是開胃菜，後麵每一個短篇都是緻鬱的神傷。看完接下來後的每一個短篇都鬱結得想去操場跑圈。所有給li Yiyun的韆年祈願打三星的中國讀者一定被深深地傷害瞭中國人的感情。作者算是個溫柔的人，處處手下留情瞭
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评分看瞭衛報的評論。還好，沒有過多的瑣碎。政治背景不大可能拋得開，作者是個聰明的女人。
评分中國人當真這麼逆來順受嗎？還是作者臆想的民族性？
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