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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
- Language
- Released
- 2011
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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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
- Categories
- Tags
- Philosophical Topics, Love, Contemporary Fiction, Politics, Short Stories, 20th century, Wars, American Literature, Stories, School, Realistic Fiction, Mythology, Feminism, Coming Of Age, Asia, China, Culture, 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.