OPEN A BOOK,OPEN THE WORLD
以近乎赤裸的誠實，李翊雲在首部回憶錄中，回望身為移民、母親、寫作者，以及長年與死亡念頭搏鬥的人，在憂鬱與自我懷疑之中活著的理由。那些曾陪伴她度過黑暗歲月的作家與文字，也在她往後緩慢追索、反覆追問人為何寫作，又為何活著的每個時刻，陪伴她重新理解自己，並再次與世界產生連繫。本書作為一本關於閱讀的回憶錄，更是一封落筆真摯，寄給所有寂寞者的溫柔長信。
In her first memoir, award-winning novelist Yiyun Li offers a journey of recovery through literature: a letter from a writer to like-minded readers.
“A meditation on the fact that literature itself lives and gives life.”—Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead
“What a long way it is from one life to another, yet why write if not for that distance?”
Startlingly original and shining with quiet wisdom, this is a luminous account of a life lived with books. Written over two years while the author battled suicidal depression, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life is a painful and yet richly affirming examination of what makes life worth living.
Yiyun Li grew up in China and has spent her adult life as an immigrant in a country not her own. She has been a scientist, an author, a mother, a daughter—and through it all she has been sustained by a profound connection with the writers and books she loves. From William Trevor and Katherine Mansfield to Søren Kierkegaard and Philip Larkin, Dear Friend is a journey through the deepest themes that bind these writers together.
Interweaving personal experiences with a wide-ranging homage to her most cherished literary influences, Yiyun Li confronts the two most essential questions of her identity: Why write? And why live?
