1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows

The “intimate and expansive” ( Time ) memoir of “one of the most important artists working in the world today” ( Financial Times ), telling a remarkable history of China over the last hundred years while also illuminating his artistic process “Poignant . . . An illuminating through-line emerges in the many parallels Ai traces between his life and his father’s.”— The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, BookPage, Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Once a clo