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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.]]> 2007 3 2 false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 16:58:27 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 20:54:40 -0700 2008 more...]]> 30972170 1422773 665157 0701180382 9780701180386 157 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176918517m/665157.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176918517s/665157.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/665157.A_Concise_Chinese_English_Dictionary_for_Lovers 3.41 657 2007 3 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat Aug 23 05:19:02 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 05:29:57 -0700 2008
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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.]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 14:56:49 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 15:08:00 -0700 2009 She knows no one in England, speaks very little Engli...more...]]> 41922649 81635 665157 0701180382 9780701180386 157 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176918517m/665157.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176918517s/665157.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/665157.A_Concise_Chinese_English_Dictionary_for_Lovers 3.41 657 2007 4 0 false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 20:57:04 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 21:00:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 45462817 1008236 894054 0385520298 9780385520294 18 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179255262m/894054.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179255262s/894054.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/894054.A_Concise_Chinese_English_Dictionary_for_Lovers_A_Novel 3.41 657 2007 0 0 false Thu Feb 05 09:52:38 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:52:38 -0800 2009 A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers remains light as it explores love across a cultural divide. The novel‚ÄîXiaolu Guo's first in English‚Äîwas short-listed for Britain's 2007 Orange Prize and has charmed critics on this side of the pond as well. Inspired, in part, by Guo's own experienc...

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