A Chinese writer born in mainland China, now living in the States and writing in English.
This is a collection of delicate, sensitive short stories all set in China. The kind of stories where something happens, but beneath the surface and hard to state precisely - ambiguity. Stories of the complexity of relationships - love, marriage, friendship. These are not happy stories, but stories of surviving, of getting by, the undercurrents beneath the surface of relationships. The Chinese cultural setting makes them interesting.
Found through Eleanor Wachtel's recent book of transcribed interviews with authors. Li has apparently had a lot of recognition in the States.
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