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Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
A charming and clever account of one woman's exploration of love, language and identity. Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang (or Z as she calls herself) arrives in London to spend a …
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 …
My Battle of Hastings
'One of the most valuable writers in the world' Deborah LevyEmbodiment, assimilation, integration – these are big words, but they seem to name a stage or a state I ought to be able …
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 …
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 …
Lovers in the Age of Indifference
Discover love and desire from around the globeA marriage splinters during a game of mah jong A depressed fianc e is lifted by a mid-air encounter with a Hollywood legend A mountain …
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. …
20 fragments of a ravenous youth
Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang won't be defeated. She has travelled 1800 miles to seek her fortune in the city, and has no desire to return to the …
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 …
Ecologies of Translation in East and South East Asia, 1600-1900
This ground-breaking volume on early modern inter-Asian translation examines how translation from plain Chinese was situated at the nexus between, on the one hand, the traditional …