{"product_id":"the-vagrants-paperback","title":"The Vagrants - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYiyun Li\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tale of the far-reaching consequences of a political prisoner's execution in the provincial city of Muddy River in China.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young woman wakes in Muddy River as a political prisoner. A former member of the Red Guard, Gu Shan has been sentenced to death for speaking against the Chinese Communist Party and turning away from Mao. As her parents begin to grieve in anticipation, they have no sense of how their provincial city will be totally reshaped by their daughter's death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe stunning debut novel from the Pulitzer finalist Yiyun Li, \u003ci\u003e The Vagrants\u003c\/i\u003e follows an unforgettable group of characters throughout Muddy River as they navigate a moment of profound upheaval. The execution and its fallout bring every sector of society into contact with each other--and every tension between lovers, families, bureaucrats, peasants, and politicians to a breaking point. With care, restraint, and deeply felt emotion, Li attends to the brutality and care that structure life and survival under authoritarian rule.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYiyun Li \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of several works of fiction--\u003ci\u003eWednesday's Child\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Goose\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMust I Go\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhere Reasons End\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eKinder Than Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGold Boy, Emerald Girl\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Years of Good Prayers\u003c\/i\u003e--and of nonfiction, \u003ci\u003eThings in Nature Merely Grow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of many awards, including a PEN\/Faulkner Award, a PEN\/Malamud Award, a PEN\/Hemingway Award, a PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award, a MacArthur Fellowship, and a Windham-Campbell Prize, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e A Public Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The PEN\/O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eamong other publications. She teaches at Princeton University and lives in Princeton, New Jersey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524058615947,"sku":"9781250467683","price":29.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/JDhQdPzp3k9781250467683.webp?v=1790182319","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-vagrants-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}