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A thousand years of good prayers : stories  Cover Image Book Book

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

Li, Yiyun, 1972- (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 081297333X
  • ISBN: 9780812973334
  • Physical Description: 219 page ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes a Reader's Guide.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Awards Note:
New Yorker "20 under 40" List 2010 ; Hemingway Foundation Award Winner 2006 ; Guardian First Book Award Winner 2006 ; Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize Nominee 2006.
Subject: Chinese Americans.
Chinese Americans > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Baker County Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Baker County Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Baker County Library LI (Yiyun) (Text) 37814002366236 FICTION Available -


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