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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers

By Yiyun Li
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By Yiyun Li
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Brilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a remarkable new writer whose breathtaking stories are set in China and among Chinese Americans in the United States. In this rich, astonishing 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, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers reveals world...

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FictionLiteratureShort StoriesAmerican FictionPeoples & Cultures - FictionShort Story CollectionsAsian American FictionAsian Americans - Fiction & LiteratureAsian Peoples & Cultures - Fiction & Literature21st Century American FictionAmerican Short StoriesShort Stories - OtherChinese American FictionChinese Americans - FictionChinese People - FictionAmerican Short Stories - 21st Century2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award Shortlist2005 Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardChristian Scientist Monitor's Best Fiction of 20052006 Orange Award for New Writers Shortlist2006 Guardian First Book Award Shortlist2006 Guardian First Book Award WinnerBooks by the 2010 MacArthur FellowsShort Stories by PEN/Malamud Award Winners->2021-20242001-2010->PEN/Hemingway Award WinnersFiction AwardsShort Story AwardsFrank O'Connor International Short Story AwardPrevious Finalists - Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardAll Winners - Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardBest Books of the YearBest Books of the Year 2005Christian Science Monitor's Best Books of 2005British Literary AwardsWomen's Prize for Fiction (formerly the Orange Prize for Fiction)Orange Award for New WritersGuardian First Book AwardPrevious Finalists - Guardian First Book AwardAll Winners - Guardian First Book AwardOther AwardsMacArthur Fellows ProgramBooks by Previous MacArthur FellowsPEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short StoryPrevious Winners - PEN/Malamud AwardPEN/Hemingway Award for Debut FictionAll Winners - PEN/Hemingway Award