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A thousand years of good prayers : stories / Yiyun Li.

Author: Li, Yiyun, 1972-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Random House, c2005.

ISBN: 1400063124
9781400063123

Description: 205 p. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, 2005

Contents: Extra -- After a life -- Immortality -- The princess of Nebraska -- Love in the marketplace -- Son -- The arrangement -- Death is not a bad joke if told the right way -- Persimmons -- A thousand years of good prayers.

Summary: "In this 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, [this collection] reveals worlds both foreign and familiar"--Dust jacket.

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