A Novel
An exuberant and wise multigenerational debut novel about the complicated lives and loves of people working in everyone’s favorite Chinese restaurant.
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“So expertly does first-time novelist Lillian Li conjure the Beijing Duck House, that readers of Number One Chinese Restaurant can almost taste its signature dish and feel the heat of its woks.”
— The Wall Street Journal
“I adored the vitality of this deviously charming and smart debut. Full of impassioned and ever-yearning characters, the novel practically thumps with heartache and sharp humor. ”
— Chang-rae Lee
New York Times bestselling author of and Native Speaker
“A darkly comic novel about complicated families—those created by blood and those forged through circumstance. An exciting debut.”
— Brit Bennett
New York Times bestselling author of The Mothers
“A joy to read—I couldn't get enough.”
— Buzzfeed
Lillian Li
Lillian Li
Lillian Li received her MFA from the University of Michigan. Her work has been featured in Guernica, Granta, Glimmer Train and Jezebel. She is from the D.C. metro area and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Number One Chinese Restaurant is her first novel.
