A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

Name: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
Author: Yiyun Li

by Yiyun Li

Estranged father visits son in Missouri seeking reconciliation

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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.

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