Bibliograph

Wednesday's child, stories, Yiyun Li

Type

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Wednesday's child, stories, Yiyun Li

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Wednesday's child

Responsibility statement

Yiyun Li

Sub title

stories

Summary

"A new collection--about loss, alienation, aging, and the strangeness of contemporary life--by the award-winning and inimitable author of The Book of Goose"--, Provided by publisher"A grieving mother makes a spreadsheet of everyone she's lost. Elsewhere, a professor develops a troubled intimacy with her hairdresser. And every year, a restless woman receives an email from a strange man twice her age and several states away. In the stories of Wednesday's Child, people strive for an ordinary existence until doing so becomes unsustainable, until the surface cracks and the grand mysterious forces--death, violence, estrangement--come to light. Even before such moments, everyday life is laden with meaning, studded with indelible details: a filched jar of honey, a mound of wounded ants, a photograph kept hidden for many years, until it must be seen."--, Inside front jacket flap

Table Of Contents

Wednesday's child -- A sheltered woman -- Hello, goodbye -- A small flame -- On the street where you live -- Such a common life -- A flawless silence -- Let mothers doubt -- Alone -- When we were happy we had other names -- All will be well

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