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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Xiaolu GuoPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.293kg ISBN: 9780099501473ISBN 10: 0099501473 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 03 January 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsAn utterly captivating, and disorientating, journey both through language and through love Independent 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 Independent on Sunday Funny and charming...more than a love story; its psychology is politically acute, and things noted lightly in it linger in the mind Guardian It is impossible not to be charmed by her matter-of-factness. As the story grows in complexity with Z's growing vocabulary - the narration acquires fluency and tenses almost imperceptibly - it is equally hard not to be impressed by Guo's vivacious talent Sunday Times Captivating, charming and bittersweet...the culture clash is beautifully drawn and utterly convincing...a memorable take on East meets West Daily Express It is impossible not to be charmed by her matter-of-factness. As the story grows in complexity with Z's growing vocabulary - the narration acquires fluency and tenses almost imperceptibly - it is equally hard not to be impressed by Guo's vivacious talent * Sunday Times * Funny and charming...more than a love story; its psychology is politically acute, and things noted lightly in it linger in the mind * Guardian * 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 * Independent on Sunday * An utterly captivating, and disorientating, journey both through language and through love * Independent * Written in deliberately bad English, this is a wonderful comic romance -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times * Funny, childlike and wise all at once. -- Los Angeles Times What makes this novel winsome is hearing the authentic voice of a young woman -- bewildered, self-deprecating, funny, wise -- as she navigates the world on her own. -- USA Today Endearing. . . . Concise takes us into a new territory, all the more exciting for its virginity. -- Chicago Sun-Times A fast, breezy read, don't be so easily entertained as to miss the many nuances-beyond the most obvious definitions are deeper, more satisfying meanings. -- San Francisco Chronicle Author InformationXiaolu Guo was born in China. She published six books before moving to Britain in 2002. Her books include- Village of Stone, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, shortlisted for the Orange Prize; and I Am China. Her recent memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018. It was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her most recent novel A Lover's Discourse was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at the Free University in Berlin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |