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 worlds both foreign and familiar, with heartbreaking honesty and in beautiful prose. “Immortality,” winner of The Paris Review’s Plimpton Prize for new writers, tells the story of a young man who bears a striking resemblance to a dictator and so finds a calling to immortality. In “The Princess of Nebraska,” a man and a woman who were both in love with a young actor in China meet again in America and try to reconcile the lost love with their new lives. “After a Life” illuminates the vagaries of marriage, parenthood, and gender, unfolding the story of a couple who keep a daughter hidden from the world. And in “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” in which a man visits America for the first time to see his recently divorced daughter, only to discover that all is not as it seems, Li boldly explores the effects of communism on language, faith, and an entire people, underlining transformation in its many meanings and incarnations. These and other daring stories form a mesmerizing tapestry of revelatory fiction by an unforgettable writer.

《少女小渔》内容简介：江伟和女朋友小渔，千里迢迢从中国大陆来到纽约。由于无法取得居留权，小渔在唐人街当非法劳工。江伟也是以学生身份来美，半工半读，为了摆脱困苦的生活，他被迫安排小渔与年届六十的意大利老头Mario假结婚，希望让她取得绿卡。然而，为了应付移民官的抽查，小渔被逼与Mario同住，气得Mario的妻子Rita也去戴一头假的中国式黑发，与小渔争一日之长短。看着女友和别人同住，江伟满不是味儿，更借机将Mario大打一顿，害得他旧病复发。Mario的病情急转直下，小渔决定留下照顾，直至他咽下最后一口气才离去。 《少女小渔》精装本纪念典藏版是我国著名女作家严歌苓的海外文学代表作，荣获台湾《中央日报》第三届文学奖短篇小说一等奖，张艾嘉执导同名电影，著名导演李安监制，刘若英倾情演绎影片。《少女小渔》收录长篇小说14篇，以其中一篇小说命名。