The Age Of Goodbyes Av Zi Shu Li

<span><p><b><span>By one of Southeast Asia’s most exciting writers, </span><span><i>The Age of Goodbyes</i></span><span> is a wildly inventive account of family history, political turmoil, and the redemptive grace of storytelling.</span></b></p><p><span>In 1969, in the wake of Malaysia''s deadliest race riots, a woman named Du Li An secures her place in society by marrying a gangster. In a parallel narrative, a critic known only as The Fourth Person explores the work of a writer also named Du Li An. And a third storyline is in the second person; “you” are reading a novel titled </span><span><i>The Age of Goodbyes</i></span><span>. Floundering in the wake of “your” mother’s death, “you” are trying to unpack the secrets surrounding “your” lineage.</span></p><p><span><i>The Age of Goodbyes</i></span><span>—which begins on page 513, a reference to the riots of May 13, 1969—is the acclaimed