Best Books of the Year (2)

Today, Yiyun Li gives us her unmissable read of the year...

‘My favourite new book in 2009 is Tinkers by Paul Harding, a novel with an old-fashioned meditative quality so perfectly done that it is refreshing to read in a world filled with noises and false excitements. Set in New England where an old man is dying, the novel looks at the world – both human beings and surrounding nature – through that most mysterious and profound lens, time. It brings the reader to a closer understanding of his own life than he could have imagined before taking the journey.’

This is the first part of an end-of-year series. Click here to see the first part.