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2024-12-22
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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 評分 評分也是前不久纔知道這個人。居然是在時尚雜誌Elle上看到的,頗為有趣。後來在M dong傢的期末飯局上提起用英語寫作的born-in-mainland,我們說起除瞭哈金,就是這個Yiyun Li. 我看書有個毛病,就是先會去網上做所謂的homework。查查這個人的背景,搜搜書評什麼的,否則不敢貿然浪...
評分There is a perception that the intension of some Asian-American writers' writing is to satisfy the western readers' curiosity towards China. Therefore, the common theme of this kind of works is to show the "dark" said of China, for example, the untolerant p...
圖書標籤: 李翊雲 短篇小說 美國華人 小說 YiyunLi 短篇 文學 英文
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評分I liked Extra(school), After a Life(ending) and Death is Not a Bad Joke(quadrangle life) over the other stories. When ever Li forced non-relevant historical context in, the stories were unpalatable.
評分#3-4 stars. Def overrated.
評分#3-4 stars. Def overrated.
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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