Chapter Writing for the wor(l)ds: the reflection on language in Yiyun Li's literary production

Yiyun Li, b. 1972, moved from Beijing to the US in 1996, where she soon realized to be a talented writer. Although her early works, including the collections of short stories A Thousand Years of Good Prayers (2005) and Gold Boy, Emerald Girl (2010), and the novels The Vagrants (2009) and Kinder Than...

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Main Author: Prosperi, Martina Renata (auth)
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Language:English
Published: Florence Firenze University Press 2023
Series:Studi e saggi
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