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Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life
Yiyun Li
- Penguin UK
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.
ISBN 9780241978665 | E | PB
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| Publisher | Penguin UK |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9780241978665 |
| Publication date | February 2018 |
| Edition | Paperback |
| Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
| Pages | 224 |
| Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
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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.