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The Vagrants

Written by: Yiyun Li
Narrated by: Jackie Chung
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Yiyun Li is the winner of the prestigious Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award. The Vagrants, set in 1979 China, is the story of those affected by the execution of a 28-year-old counterrevolutionary. Though suffering, Li's characters nevertheless struggle to maintain hope amid cruel circumstance.

©2009 Yiyun Li (P)2009 Recorded Books, LLC
Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction
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“Extraordinary . . . beautifully paced, exquisitely detailed . . . In this most amazing first novel, Yiyun Li has found a way to combine the jeweled precision of her short-story-writer’s gaze with a spellbinding vision of the power of the human spirit.” ( Chicago Tribune)
“Powerful and thoughtful . . . a revelation.” ( The Washington Post)
The Vagrants is pure pleasure and a must-read.” ( San Francisco Magazine)

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