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In the title story, a professor introduces her middle-aged son to a favorite student, unaware of the student’s true affections. In “A Man Like Him,” a lifelong bachelor finds kinship with a man wrongly accused of an indiscretion. In “The Proprietress,” a reporter from Shanghai travels to a small town to write an article about the local prison, only to discover a far more intriguing story involving a shopkeeper who offers refuge to the wives and children of inmates. In “House Fire,” a young man who suspects his father of sleeping with the young man’s wife seeks the help of a detective agency run by a group of feisty old women.
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Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, Yiyun Li
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- Released
- 2011
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- Title
- Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Yiyun Li
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 221
- ISBN10
- 0007303106
- ISBN13
- 9780007303106
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Children's Books, True Stories, Religion & Spirituality, Romance, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Philosophical Topics, Religion, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Short Stories, Politics, Fairy Tales & Stories, Wars, American Literature, 20th century, Opinion Journalism & Essays, School, Folklore & Mythology, Stories, Realistic Fiction, Mythology, Feminism, Coming Of Age, Buddhism, Asia, China, Culture, Children's Mystery, Folklore, Folk Culture, Sagas, Asian Fiction, Folk Tales
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- In the title story, a professor introduces her middle-aged son to a favorite student, unaware of the student’s true affections. In “A Man Like Him,” a lifelong bachelor finds kinship with a man wrongly accused of an indiscretion. In “The Proprietress,” a reporter from Shanghai travels to a small town to write an article about the local prison, only to discover a far more intriguing story involving a shopkeeper who offers refuge to the wives and children of inmates. In “House Fire,” a young man who suspects his father of sleeping with the young man’s wife seeks the help of a detective agency run by a group of feisty old women.