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Yiyun Li Recommends Rebecca West's 'The Fountain Overflows'

Fresh off her Pulitzer win for 'Things in Nature Merely Grow', Yiyun Li doesn't point to a single 'most recommended' book.

Adrian Vale·June 25, 2026