num_pages: 224
description:  What a long way it is from one life to another yet why write if not for that distance? Startlingly original and shining with quiet wisdom this is a luminous account of a life lived with books. Written over two years while the author battled suicidal depression Dear Friend from My Life I Write to You in Your Life is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth living. Yiyun Li grew up in China and has spent her adult life as an immigrant in a country not her own. She has been a scientist an author a mother a daughter and through it all she has been sustained by a profound connection with the writers and books she loves. From William Trevor and Katherine Mansfield to Soren Kierkegaard and Philip Larkin Dear Friend is a journey through the deepest themes that bind these writers together. Interweaving personal experiences with a wide-ranging homage to her most cherished literary influences Yiyun Li confronts the two most essential questions of her identity: Why write? And why live?
language: English
title: Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
publisher: Random House