Yiyun Li
Chinese-American author whose fiction and memoirs explore China's turbulent recent history and the condition of exile with clinical emotional precision. A Thousand Years of Good Prayers won multiple awards. Her memoir Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life is a meditation on literature and depression.
Works
- A Thousand Years of Good PrayersEstranged father visits son in Missouri seeking reconciliation
- The VagrantsChina's execution of girl unleashes devastating transformations
- Gold Boy, Emerald GirlStory collection depicting contemporary urban Chinese lives
- Kinder Than SolitudeThree childhood friends navigate secrets and sudden violence
- Where Reasons EndMother seeks meaning after son's suicide through written questions