{"id":1690,"date":"2009-04-06T13:38:56","date_gmt":"2009-04-06T17:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=1690"},"modified":"2015-08-17T09:59:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T13:59:27","slug":"the-vagrants-by-yiyun-li","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-vagrants-by-yiyun-li\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vagrants by Yiyun Li [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/04\/Vagrants.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-29793\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2009\/04\/Vagrants.jpg\" alt=\"Vagrants\" width=\"316\" height=\"472\"><\/a>Full disclosure: this is one of the most heartbreaking books you\u2019ll probably ever read. But read it you should.<\/p>\n<p>A young woman \u2013 a political victim of post-Mao China \u2013 is about to die. While her voice remains missing throughout the novel, the many residents of remote Muddy River affected by her ensuing death are vividly brought to tragic life: her suffering mother, her resigned father, a pitifully crippled 12-year-old girl, a wandering older couple who have rescued, loved, then lost seven abandoned baby girls, a privileged government news announcer, and so many more. Li&#8217;s debut novel is a brilliant, wrenching reminder of the far-reaching, inseparable consequences of even our smallest actions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/bookdragonreviews.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/06\/tbr-2009-05-06-apa-new-and-notable.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">&#8220;In Celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month: New &amp; Notable Books,&#8221; <em>The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, May\/June 2009<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2009<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Full disclosure: this is one of the most heartbreaking books you\u2019ll probably ever read. But read it you should. A young woman \u2013 a political victim of post-Mao China \u2013 is about to die. 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