Where Reasons End
(Author) Yiyun Li'Days- the easiest possession. The days he had refused would come, one at a time. They would wait, every daybreak, with their boundless patience and indifference, seeing if they could turn me into an ally or an enemy to myself.' A woman's teenage son takes his own life. It is incomprehensible. The woman is a writer, and so she attempts to comprehend her grief in the space she knows best- on the page, as an imagined conversation with the child she has lost. He is as sharp and funny and serious in death as he was in life, and he will speak back to her, unable to offer explanation or solace, but not yet, not quite, gone. Taking the form of a dialogue between mother and son, Where Reasons End is an extraordinary portrait of parenthood, in all its painful contradictions of joy, humour and sorrow, and of what it is to lose a child.
Yiyun Li
Yiyun Li is a Chinese-American writer known for her poignant and introspective storytelling. Her notable works include "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" and "The Vagrants," which explore themes of identity, family, and the human experience. Li's writing style is marked by its lyrical prose and deep psychological insight into her characters. She has made significant contributions to literature by shedding light on the complexities of Chinese society and the immigrant experience. Her most famous work, "The Vagrants," has been praised for its powerful portrayal of life in 1970s China. Li's impact on the literary genre has been recognized with numerous awards and critical acclaim.
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