Yiyun Li

The UC Davis Bookstore presents Yiyun Li, Professor of English at U.C. Davis, in a talk about her new book, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl. Free and open to the general public. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A period and a book signing.

We are delighted to present this first-ever Elliott Bay visit by acclaimed fiction writer Yiyun Li. With two books—her debut book of stories, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, received the PEN/Hemingway, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story, and Guardian First Book Awards, and now her first ... (more)novel, The Vagrants (Random House)—she is clearly a writer making her mark. Ms. Li came to the U.S. from Beijing in 1996 to study medicine—and received a master's in immunology—but then turned to fiction writing. Granta cited her as one of the Best Young American Novelists under thirty-five.

The Vagrants, the astonishing first novel from Yiyun Li, the author of the award-winning story collection A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, weaves together the delicate moments between mothers and sons, husbands and wives, illuminating the reality of oppression and pain.

Yiyun Li will discuss and sign copies of her book, The Vagrants.

The author reads from her new novel at Radio Free Asia, ground floor conference center, in an event co-sponsored by the Asia Society. Tickets are $10 for the general public. RSVP at www.rfa.org or 202-414-2805.

Yiyun Li will discuss and sign copies of her book, The Vagrants.

Join us when award-winning writer Yiyun Li, author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, reads from her new novel, The Vagrants. Set in China in the late 1970s, The Vagrants tells the harrowing story of a small town during the dramatic era that was a forebear of the Tiananmen Square uprising. A book sale ... (more)and signing follows the event.

The Vagrants is brilliant and illuminating, this astonishing debut novel by the award-winning writer Yiyun Li is set in China in the late 1970s, when Beijing was rocked by the Democratic Wall Movement, an anti-Communist groundswell designed to move China beyond the dark shadow of the Cultural Revolution ... (more)toward a more enlightened and open society. In this powerful and beautiful story, we follow a group of people in a small town during this dramatic and harrowing time, the era that was a forebear of the Tiananmen Square uprising.

DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome the award-winning author, Yiyun Li, as she discusses and signs her beautiful new novel, The Vagrants. The San Francisco Chronicle named Yiyun's previous book, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers the "Best Book of 2005", and her newest novel is set to ... (more)be just as intriguing. Don't miss your chance to meet this highly-acclaimed author as she presents her fantastic new novel!

Two distinguished authors discuss writing about China. Yiyun Li was born in Beijing and later moved to the United States to write. Her debut collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won international accolades including the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. Yang Hengjun is the first ... (more)political espionage novelist in China and is committed to the freedom to write. His trilogy of thrillers was first published online. Hear them talk about their writing and read from their works. Followed by a book signing.