“ A stellar assortment of stories about struggles to escape and connect in contemporary China. ... Further proof that Li deserves to be considered among the best living fiction writers. ”

 

“ The nine brilliant stories in Li's collection offer a frighteningly lucid vision of human fate. ”

 

“ Li is extraordinary ... a storyteller of the first order ... each tale in this collection is as wild and beautiful and thorny as a heart ... Li inhabits the lives of her characters with such force and compassion that one one cannot help but marvel at her remarkable talents. ”