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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers - Xiaolu Guo
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 0701181141
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Pages no: 300
Edition language: English
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EpicFehlReader
EpicFehlReader rated it
Language and love collide in this inventive novel of a young Chinese woman's journey to the West and her attempts to understand the language, and the man, she adores.Zhuang – or “Z,” to tongue-tied foreigners – has come to London to study English, but finds herself adrift, trapped in a cycle of cult...
Lee's Library
Lee's Library rated it
5.0 A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
I completely identified with this book. It brilliantly captures the feeling of immersing yourself in a foreign language and culture. What happens when you begin to fluently speak, live and love in another language is fascinating. The author manages to convey so very well, how the beliefs impregna...
DES
DES rated it
Recommended by Ricci
philoSophie
philoSophie rated it
it just wasn't my cup of tea..i couldn't sympathise with any of the characters, moreover the writing style didn't suit me.
linakv
linakv rated it
4.0 A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
This book was recommended to me from a good friend, and it turns out it is a really good book. I'm terrible at actually liking books I get recommended, so that was nice.The book is about a Chinese girl who moves to England to learn English, and it's written in some sort of diary form. What is so gen...
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