圖書標籤: 李翊雲 短篇小說 美國華人 小說 YiyunLi 短篇 文學 英文
发表于2025-02-27
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025
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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評分李翊雲第一次寫小說,是用英語。她是中國人,1973年生,北大生物係畢業後到美國留學。她說:英語給她錶達的自由。 在書蟲看到她,非常欣賞。那種淳樸誠實的氣質,和她自己喜歡的小說的“villageness"的風格,倒是相承。會場上,她不知說瞭幾次抱歉不瞭解,不知道,所以迴答不瞭你的問題。啊,我有多久沒有見過這樣的“自然”人。 中國作傢裏她喜歡瀋從文和老捨。外國則是她一再提及的愛爾蘭作傢William Trevor,後者小說的人物身上便有她為之著迷的villageness。
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評分不解的是她在迎閤還是純粹自我分裂
評分我一直佩服用英文寫作的中國作者。她的故事充滿瞭有故事的人,小說讀完瞭,會給人留有想象空間。故事無關宏大曆史的背景,但是你在她故事中讀得齣時代感。
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...
評分There're so many reviews on Amazon.com which discuss the political aspects of the novel. But what I see the most is the author's attitudes to society, humanity and most essentially, love and marriage hidden behind her subtle and elegant lines. If you have r...
評分从图书馆借了这本书,因为作者有许多我熟悉的背景,至少可以了解,她对这个城市的看法,我当时想。显然,在小说里,我没有得到任何她对这个城市的直接的印象,但我看到一些别的。尽管只是一个短篇小说集,借了又续,懒散的我还是没把它看完。但我想先就我看完的发表一些观感。...
評分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...
評分从图书馆借了这本书,因为作者有许多我熟悉的背景,至少可以了解,她对这个城市的看法,我当时想。显然,在小说里,我没有得到任何她对这个城市的直接的印象,但我看到一些别的。尽管只是一个短篇小说集,借了又续,懒散的我还是没把它看完。但我想先就我看完的发表一些观感。...
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025