I always used to say strongly that I was not an autobiographical writer, so strongly it was clearly suspicious...Even without this book, I can now say that is just a lie. (Yiyun Li)

I always used to say strongly that I was not an autobiographical writer, so strongly it was clearly suspicious...Even without this book, I can now say that is just a lie.

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