LITERATURE / HISTORY
When in China, Li Yiyun’s English level was like other college students. She came to the United States in 1996 to study immunology, and from there her English proficiency started to take off. 9 years later, in 2005, she published her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, a collection short stories about the Chinese culture and Chinese expatriates in the West. The book won her many awards for first fiction – quite impressive for someone whose mother tongue is not English. The book also is a best seller because westerners are curious about China.
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An Excerpt from the Short Story Immortality (taken from the book A Thousand Years of Good Prayers)
by Li Yiyun
