Concise Chinese-English Dictionary Lover

Xiaolu Guo

£8.99

What happens when a Chinese woman falls in love with an Englishman and realises that learning the language doesn’t necessarily lead to understanding? Funny, sexy, romantic and sad, ‘A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers’ is a love story for the modern age.

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Publish Date: 06/06/2019

Description

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 year learning English. Struggling to find her way in the city, and through the puzzles of tense, verb and adverb; she falls for an older Englishman and begins to realise that the landscape of love is an even trickier terrain…

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Additional information

Weight 258 g
Dimensions 197 × 130 × 23 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

353

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K