Must I Go

(Autor) Yiyun Li
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Lilia Liska is eighty-one. She has shrewdly outlived three husbands, raised five children and seen the birth of seventeen grandchildren. Now she has turned her keen attention to a strange little book published by a vanity press- the diary of a long-forgotten man named Roland Bouley, with whom she once had a fleeting affair. Drawn into an obsession over this fragment of intimate history, Lilia begins to annotate the diary with her own, rather different version of events. Gradually she undercuts Roland's charming but arrogant voice with her sharply incisive and deeply moving commentary. She reveals to us the surprising, long-held secrets of her own life. And she returns inexorably to her daughter, Lucy, who took her own life at the age of twenty-seven. How does the past shape the future? How do we live in the face of the unanswerable? Must I Go considers these questions underlying an extraordinary life, exploring both the painfully finite nature of human life and the infinite depths of human beings.

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Editorial:
Penguin Books Ltd
Formato:
Paperback
Idioma:
en
ISBN:
9780241978689
Año de publicación:
2021
Fecha publicación:
26 de Agosto de 2021

Yiyun Li

Yiyun Li is a Chinese-American writer known for her poignant and introspective storytelling. Her notable works include "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" and "The Vagrants," which explore themes of identity, family, and the human experience. Li's writing style is marked by its lyrical prose and deep psychological insight into her characters. She has made significant contributions to literature by shedding light on the complexities of Chinese society and the immigrant experience. Her most famous work, "The Vagrants," has been praised for its powerful portrayal of life in 1970s China. Li's impact on the literary genre has been recognized with numerous awards and critical acclaim.

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