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.
發表於2025-01-22
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李翊雲並不喜歡讀者過多在意她的政治立場,中國的曆史背景無可避免是她的小說的潛在舞颱,但作品中並沒有故意取巧的痕跡,正如她自己所說,她“不是在解剖大陸”而是在解剖人性。李翊雲最喜歡的兩位作傢分彆是愛爾蘭著名小說傢威廉•特雷佛(William Trevor) 和約翰•邁...
評分最開始接觸李翊雲並不是因為這本書,而是她的那本迴憶錄《Dear Friend, From My Life I Write Into Your Life》。那本書我讀起來覺得像是另一個我在錶達,heart-breaking, bleak, stiff, holding back but emotional underneath. 更多的關於那本書的評價我打算看完以後再寫。總...
評分 評分A Thousand Years of Good Prayers : Stories win new book award 2006 in UK;Dec.5 2006 in UK
評分圖書標籤: 李翊雲 短篇小說 美國華人 小說 YiyunLi 短篇 文學 英文
寫什麼比怎麼寫更重要
評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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評分Written at a time when she knew how to write but not what to write. Anyway, a good try for someone so eager to prove herself to the public.
評分看瞭衛報的評論。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。
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