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Have you ever tried to learn another language? When Zhuang first comes to London from China she feels like she is among an alien species. The city is disorientating, the people unfriendly, the language a muddle of dominant personal pronouns and moody verbs. But with increasing fluency in English surviving turns to living. And they say that the best way to learn a language is to fall in love with a native speaker…Selected from the book A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu GuoVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.Also in the Vintage Minis series:Desire by Haruki MurakamiEating by Nigella LawsonRace by Toni MorrisonBabies by Anne Enright
Have you ever tried to learn another language? When Zhuang first comes to London from China she feels like she is among an alien species. The city is disorientating, the people unfriendly, the language a muddle of dominant personal pronouns and moody verbs. But with increasing fluency in English surviving turns to living. And they say that the best way to learn a language is to fall in love with a native speaker…Selected from the book A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers by Xiaolu GuoVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.Also in the Vintage Minis series:Desire by Haruki MurakamiEating by Nigella LawsonRace by Toni MorrisonBabies by Anne Enright
Xiaolu Guo
Xiaolu Guo (born 1973) is a Chinese novelist and filmmaker. She utilizes various media, including film and writing, to tell stories of alienation, introspection and tragedy, and to explore...
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