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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers - Xiaolu Guo

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers - Xiaolu Guo A concise chinese english dictionary for lovers is a novel by chinese born british writer xiaolu guo, published in 2007 by doubleday. guo's first novel written in english, it was shortlisted for the 2007 women's prize for fiction. Written in a series of short chapters, with each one becoming the definition of a word, a novel about a young chinese woman caught in the cultural confusion of england explores the endless possibilities for misunderstanding between east and west.

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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers | Xiaolu Guo [Paperback ... Guo uses her minimalist, messed up prose not just to tell an affecting coming of age story, but to ask deep questions about the real differences between chinese and british culture and language. From one of our most important contemporary chinese authors: a novel of language and love that tells one young chinese woman’s story of her journey to the west—and her attempts to understand the language, and the man, she adores. When a young chinese woman, newly arrived in london, moves in with her english boyfriend, she decides it’s time to write a chinese english dictionary for lovers. xiaolu’s first novel in english is an utterly original journey of self discovery. Freshly humorous, sexy, and poignant, "a concise chinese english dictionary for lovers "is an utterly original novel about language, identity, and the cultural divide.

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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers By Xiaolu Guo | London ... When a young chinese woman, newly arrived in london, moves in with her english boyfriend, she decides it’s time to write a chinese english dictionary for lovers. xiaolu’s first novel in english is an utterly original journey of self discovery. Freshly humorous, sexy, and poignant, "a concise chinese english dictionary for lovers "is an utterly original novel about language, identity, and the cultural divide. Guo xiaolu's first books were written in chinese, but she wrote a concise chinese english dictionary for lovers in english. she chose, however, to present the story as the first person narrative of a young chinese woman, writing about the year she spent in england in order to learn english. A young woman from rural china learns how to comprehend love and heartbreak in english in this quirky, touching novel. zhuang, or z to tongue tied foreigners, arrives in london at age 23 after being dispatched by her parents to get an education. From one of our most important contemporary chinese authors: a novel of language and love that tells one young chinese woman's story of her journey to the west—and her attempts to understand the language, and the man, she adores.

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