The Vagrants-Yiyun Li

The Vagrants (First UK Edition)Li, Yiyun\nPublished by Fourth Estate, London, 2009. Bound in the original publisher's hardcover boards, titled in blue to the spine. Spine ends with minor bumping, binding otherwise in excellent condition. Internally the block is sound, the pages have some light age toning, but overall clean and tight. Jacket unclipped and protected. 337pp. Vg+ to Near Fine. \n------------------------------------------\n The much-anticipated first novel from the Guardian First Book Award-winning Chinese writer acclaimed by Michel Faber as having \u2018the talent, the vision and the respect for life's insoluble mysteries to be a truly fine writer.\n\u2019In the provincial town of Muddy Waters in China, a young woman named Gu Shan is sentenced to death for her loss of faith in Communism. She is twenty-eight years old and has already spent ten years in prison. The citizens stage a protest after her death and, over the following six weeks, the town goes through uy