| "[Resonates] with emotion... Gold Boy, Emerald Girl is an example of the treasure an artist can fashion from the raw materials of ordinary existence." Francine Prose |
In these spellbinding stories, Yiyun Li, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner and acclaimed author of A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and The Vagrants, gives us exquisite fiction filled with suspense, depth, and beauty, in which history, politics, and folklore magnificently illuminate the human condition.
In the title story, a professor introduces her middle-aged son to a favorite student, unaware of the student's true affections. In 'A Man Like Him,' a lifelong bachelor finds kinship with a man wrongly accused of an indiscretion. In 'The Proprietress,' a reporter from Shanghai travels to a small town to write an article about the local prison, only to discover a far more intriguing story involving a shopkeeper who offers refuge to the wives and children of inmates. In 'House Fire,' a young man who suspects his father of sleeping with the young man's wife seeks the help of a detective agency run by a group of feisty old women.
Written in lyrical prose and with stunning honesty, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl reveals worlds strange and familiar, and cultures both traditional and modern, to create a mesmerizing and vibrant landscape of life.
In the title story, a professor introduces her middle-aged son to a favorite student, unaware of the student's true affections. In 'A Man Like Him,' a lifelong bachelor finds kinship with a man wrongly accused of an indiscretion. In 'The Proprietress,' a reporter from Shanghai travels to a small town to write an article about the local prison, only to discover a far more intriguing story involving a shopkeeper who offers refuge to the wives and children of inmates. In 'House Fire,' a young man who suspects his father of sleeping with the young man's wife seeks the help of a detective agency run by a group of feisty old women.
Written in lyrical prose and with stunning honesty, Gold Boy, Emerald Girl reveals worlds strange and familiar, and cultures both traditional and modern, to create a mesmerizing and vibrant landscape of life.
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Hardback Editions
September 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Author(s): Yiyun Li ISBN: 0-00-730312-2 / 978-0-00-730312-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
September 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Author(s): Yiyun Li ISBN: 0-00-730309-2 / 978-0-00-730309-0 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2010 : Hardback
| Title: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories Author(s): Yiyun Li ISBN: 1-4000-6813-4 / 978-1-4000-6813-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
September 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories Author(s): Yiyun Li ISBN: 0-8129-8015-8 / 978-0-8129-8015-8 (USA edition) Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
September 2011 : Paperback
| Title: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Author(s): Yiyun Li ISBN: 0-00-730310-6 / 978-0-00-730310-6 (UK edition) Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
September 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl Author(s): Yiyun Li Publisher: Fourth Estate Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
2010 : Unknown
| Title: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl: Stories [Deckle Edge] [Hardcover] Author(s): YIYUN LI Availability: Amazon More details... |
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