'Profoundly engaging in depth, with remarkable subtlety and rare, limpid beauty. A must-read' - Mary Gaitskill
A luminous memoir about reading, writing and how to find meaning in a life
Written over two years while the author battled depression, Dear Friend is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth living. Interweaving personal memoir with a wide-ranging celebration of writers and books, this is a journey of recovery through literature.
From William Trevor and Katherine Mansfield to Kierkegaard and Larkin, Yiyun Li traces the themes of time and transformation, presence and absence. Drawing on personal experiences from her difficult childhood in China, she constructs a beautiful, interior exploration of selfhood and what is required to choose life.
| ISBN: | 9780241978665 |
| Publication date: | 20th February 2018 |
| Author: | Yiyun Li |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions Memoirs |
'Profoundly engaging in depth, with remarkable subtlety and rare, limpid beauty. A must-read' - Mary Gaitskill
A luminous memoir about reading, writing and how to find meaning in a life
Written over two years while the author battled depression, Dear Friend is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth living. Interweaving personal memoir with a wide-ranging celebration of writers and books, this is a journey of recovery through literature.
From William Trevor and Katherine Mansfield to Kierkegaard and Larkin, Yiyun Li traces the themes of time and transformation, presence and absence. Drawing on personal experiences from her difficult childhood in China, she constructs a beautiful, interior exploration of selfhood and what is required to choose life.
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life features in the following genres: Literary essays, Coping with / advice about illness and specific health conditions, Memoirs
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life is available in Paperback, Ebook
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life was written by Yiyun Li and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life has 208 pages
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