The second collection of stories from Yiyun Li, author of the Guardian First Book Award-winning A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS and THE VAGRANTS. The stories in this collection, are mostly set in China. The country portrayed here is the China of the 21st century, where economic development has led to new situations unknown to previous decades. Yiyun Li's new collection of stories is a report from the front-line of a changing world, and confirms Li to be a writer not to be missed.