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A luminous memoir from the award-winning author of The Vagrants and A Thousand Years of Good Prayers 'What a long way it is from one life to another. Yet why write if not for that distance?' Startlingly original and shining with quiet wisdom, this is a memoir of a life lived with books. Written over two years while the author battled suicidal depression, Dear Friend is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth living. Li grew up in China, her mother suffering from mental illness, and has spent her adult life as an immigrant in a country not her own. She has been a scientist, an author, an immigrant, a mother - and through it all, she has been sustained by a deep connection with the writers and books she loves. From William Trevor and Katherine Mansfield to Kierkegaard and Larkin, Dear Friend is a journey through the deepest themes that bind these writers together. Interweaving personal experiences with a wide-ranging homage to her most cherished literary influences, Yiyun Li confronts the two most essential questions of her identity- Why write? And why live? Dear Friend is a beautiful, interior exploration of selfhood and a journey of recovery through literature.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241283950
eBay Product ID (ePID)232589080
Product Key Features
Book TitleDear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
AuthorYiyun Li
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicMemorials, Literary Theory, Coping with Illness
Publication Year2017
Dimensions
Item Height204mm
Item Width138mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorYiyun Li
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom