Hakutulokset: Hakutulos
yhteensä 20 hakutulosta
20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
'She's no good, that girl. Much too individualistic' This is the story of Fenfang who, determined to carve out a life more independent than her provincial roots, gets a job as a …
1914—Goodbye to All That
A wide-ranging collection of reflective essays, to mark the centenary of the conflict that changed the world. In this collection of essays, ten leading writers from different …
Lover's Discourse
'It is hard not to be impressed by Guo's vivacious talent' Sunday TimesA story of desire, love and language - and the meaning of home - told through conversations between two …
The Woman Warrior
With an introduction by Xiaolu GuoA classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s and inspired by folklore, providing a unique insight into the life of an immigrant …
Not Quite Right For Us
Defiant, humorous, empathetic and insightful, 'Not Quite Right For Us' pierces through the hierarchical mechanics of class, race, gender. A celebration of outsiderness and an ode …
Nine Continents
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyXiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her generation, an iconoclastic and completely …
UFO in Her Eyes
Her world is turned upside down when she sights a UFThing - a spinning plate in the sky - and helps the Westerner in distress whom she discovers in the shadow of the alien craft. …
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, A
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 …
Once upon a time in the east - a story of growing up
Xiaolu Guo meets her parents for the first time when she is almost seven. Aged two, and suffering from malnutrition on a diet of yam leaves, they leave Xiaolu with her illiterate …
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
From one of our most important contemporary Chinese authors: a novel of language and love that tells one young Chinese woman's story of her journey to the West--and her attempts to …
Jag är Kina
JAG ÄR KINA är en tragisk kärlekshistoria och ett fascinerande och mångbottnat porträtt av det moderna Kina. Det är en roman som sträcker sig över kontinenter och som skildrar ett …