A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
of Xiaolu Guo
Description
Language and love collide in this inventive novel of a young Chinese woman's journey to the West and her attempts to understand the language, and the man, she adores.Zhuang – or “Z,” to tongue-tied foreigners – has come to London to study English, but finds herself adrift, trapped in a cycle of cultural gaffes and grammatical mishaps. Then she meets an Englishman who changes everything, leading her into a world of self-discovery. She soon realizes that, in the West, “love” does not always mean the same as in China, and that you can learn all the words in the English language and still not understand your lover. And as the novel progresses with steadily improving grammar and vocabulary, Z's evolving voice makes her quest for comprehension all the more poignant. With sparkling wit, Xiaolu Guo has created an utterly original novel about identity and the cultural divide.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Book Details
- Format E-book
- Pages 304 pages
- Publisher Anchor
- Publication Date June 10th 2008
- First Publication 11/06/07
- Language English
- ISBN 9780307455635
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['London, England']
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