A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2012) He takes a penetrating look

He takes a penetrating look at a war that was both vicious and confused

Leading Benetton

and the rest of Ender's Dragon Army

de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century

In compiling this book

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers Waterstones Book of the Year Nominee (2012) He takes a penetrating lookBrilliant and original, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers introduces a remarkable first collection of stories about China from an author set to become a major literary talent. In this extraordinary first collection, Yiyun Li brings us a modern China facing up to a complex history of repression and guilt. In 'Immortality', winner of the Paris Review prize, a young man bears a striking resemblance to the dictator, and so finds a strange kind of calling.