{"product_id":"a-concise-chineseenglish-dictionary-for-lovers-9780099501473","title":"A Concise ChineseEnglish Dictionary for Lovers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eXiaolu Guo\u003c\/b\u003e was born in China. She published six books before moving to Britain in 2002. Her books include: \u003ci\u003eVillage of Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; \u003ci\u003eA Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Orange Prize; and\u003ci\u003e I Am China\u003c\/i\u003e. Her recent memoir, \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Time in the East\u003c\/i\u003e, won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018. It was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her most recent novel \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at the Free University in Berlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten in deliberately bad English, this is a wonderful comic romance -- Eileen Battersby * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eAn utterly captivating, and disorientating, journey both through language and through love * Independent *\u003cbr\u003eGuo uses her minimalist messed-up prose not just to tell an affecting coming-of-age story but to ask deep questions about the real differences between Chinese and British culture and language * Independent on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eFunny and charming...more than a love story; its psychology is politically acute, and things noted lightly in it linger in the mind * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIt is impossible not to be charmed by her matter-of-factness. As the story grows in complexity with Z's growing vocabulary - the narration acquires fluency and tenses almost imperceptibly - it is equally hard not to be impressed by Guo's vivacious talent * Sunday Times *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732251685207,"sku":"9780099501473","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099501473.jpg?v=1719996144","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-concise-chineseenglish-dictionary-for-lovers-9780099501473","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}