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Author Li, Yiyun, 1972-

Title Gold boy, emerald girl / Yiyun Li
Edition First edition
Published New York : Random House, [2010]
©2010

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Description 221 pages ; 25 cm
Contents Kindness -- A man like him -- Prison -- The proprietress -- House fire -- Number three, Garden Road -- Sweeping past -- Souvenir -- Gold boy, emerald girl
Summary The stories in the collection are mostly set in the China of the 21st century, where economic development has led to situations unknown to previous decades: residents in a shabby block of flats witnessing in awe the property boom; a local entrepreneur-turned-philanthropist sheltering women in trouble in her mansion; a group of retired women discovering fame late in their lives as private investigators specialising in extramarital affairs; a young woman setting up a blog to publicise an alleged affair of her father
Notes "The following stories that appear in this work have been previously published: 'Kindness' was originally published in A Public Space; 'A man like him' and 'Gold boy, emerald girl' were originally published in The New Yorker; 'Prison' was originally published in Tin House; 'The proprietress' was originally published in Zoetrope: All-Story; 'House fire' was originally published in Granta; 'Number three, Garden Road' was originally published in Waving at the Gardner: The Asham Award Short-Story Collection; 'Sweeping past' was orginally published in The Gaurdian; 'Souvenir' was originally published in the San Francisco Chronicle"--T.p. verso
Subject Chinese -- Fiction.
Short stories, American -- 21st century.
Short stories, Chinese -- China.
Genre/Form Short stories.
Fiction.
LC no. 2009047298
ISBN 1400068134 (hbk.)
9781400068135 (hbk.)