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A review by naddie_reads
Dear Friend, From My Life I Write to You in Your Life by Yiyun Li
4.0
Written while Yiyun Li was in the throes of depression, Li's memoir reads like essays to herself and to readers as she reflects on her experience with depression, her writing and how it relates to her lack of nationalist feelings towards her home country, her preference for writing in English rather than in Chinese, her family and their influence on her, and the books she has read over the years which has shaped her outlook and her sense of self.
This is a fascinating look into the psyche of a writer who has written candidly on the above subjects (and it's not an easy read due to said subjects), and it's an illuminating read if you're a fan of Yiyun Li's fiction books. I loved The Book of Goose and I'm looking forward to make my way through Must I Go & Where Reasons End.
This is a fascinating look into the psyche of a writer who has written candidly on the above subjects (and it's not an easy read due to said subjects), and it's an illuminating read if you're a fan of Yiyun Li's fiction books. I loved The Book of Goose and I'm looking forward to make my way through Must I Go & Where Reasons End.