- American literature, Fiction, biographical, New York Times reviewed, Mothers and sons
"'I had but one delusion, which I held onto with all my willpower: we once gave Nikolai a life of flesh and blood; and I'm doing it over again, this time by words.' In a world created outside of time, Li and the son who died talk about their lives.
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Character-led, contemplative, intimate and contemporary.
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Yiyun Li
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- Random House Trade Paperbacks, Penguin Books, Limited, Random House
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780241985199
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