A concise Chinese-English dictionary for lovers
Z is a 23-year-old Chinese language student who has come to London to learn English. When the book begins she can barely ask for a cup of tea, but when language comes, so does love. As she gets to know British culture she also falls for an older English man who lives a resolutely bachelor life in Hackney. It's a million miles away from the small Chinese town she comes from, where her parents want nothing more for her than that she should follow them into the shoe business. Z learns about sex, humour, companionship and passion, but she also learns the painful truth that language is also a barrier and the more you know about it, the less you understand. Written in short chapters, each the definition of a word, this is a brilliantly clever book that pokes fun at England and China and explores the endless possibilities for misunderstanding between East and West, men and women.
- Författare
- Xiaolu Guo
- (Xiaolu Guo.)
- Genre
- Roman, Romaner
- Språk
- Engelska
Förlag | År | Ort | Om boken | ISBN |
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Vintage | 2008 | Storbritannien, London | 353 pages illustrations | 978-0-09-952079-5, 978-0-09-950147-3 |
ANCHOR BOOKS | 2008 | 283 sidor. 21 cm. | 978-0-307-27840-1 | |
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday | 2007 | New York | 978-0-385-52029-4 |