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A CONCISE CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS, A
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| By: |
Xiaolu Guo |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£12.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0701181141 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780701181147 |
| Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
| Pub. date: |
1 January, 2007 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Written in short chapters, each the definition of a word, this book pokes fun at England and China and explores the endless possibilities for misunderstanding between East and West, men and women. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Chatto & Windus |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007 |
| Returns: |
Returnable |