Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun LiYiyun Li’s fertile mind does not yield a simple crop. She gave me here a tangle of flowering reality all messed up in bitter weeds. She is honest, but not clear. She can’t be — these eight essays are about trying to make sense of things. A Chinese scientist- turned esteemed American writer, Li looks at her life through the lens of literature. She wonders and wanders like a writer, then she analyzes like a scientist. It’s about identity and Mother — family, country, language, profession. And it’s about her choice in each. Throughout, Li grapples with the ultimate choice — whether to live or die. She has come close.
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