''Profoundly engaging in depth, with remarkable subtlety and rare, limpid beauty. A must-read'' - Mary Gaitskill

A luminous memoir about reading, writing and how to find meaning in a life

Written over two years while the author battled depression, Dear Friend is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth livingInterweaving 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 absenceDrawing on personal experiences from her difficult childhood in China, she constructs a beautiful, interior exploration of selfhood and what is required to choose life.

Format Häftad Omfång 224 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Penguin Books Ltd Utgivningsdatum 2018-02-20 ISBN 9780241978665