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2025-02-24
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從圖書館藉瞭這本書,因為作者有許多我熟悉的背景,至少可以瞭解,她對這個城市的看法,我當時想。顯然,在小說裏,我沒有得到任何她對這個城市的直接的印象,但我看到一些彆的。盡管隻是一個短篇小說集,藉瞭又續,懶散的我還是沒把它看完。但我想先就我看完的發錶一些觀感。...
評分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...
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...
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...
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。
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。
評分如果我不是中國讀者,我會給四星的。
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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers 2025 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載