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- 353pagine
- 13 ore di lettura
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Z is a 23-year-old Chinese language student who has come to London to learn English. When the book begins she can barely ask for a cup of tea, but when language comes, so does love. As she gets to know British culture she also falls for an older English man who lives a resolutely bachelor life in Hackney. It's a million miles away from the small Chinese town she comes from, where her parents want nothing more for her than that she should follow them into the shoe business. Z learns about sex, humour, companionship and passion, but she also learns the painful truth that language is also a barrier and the more you know about it, the less you understand. Written in short chapters, each the definition of a word, this is a brilliantly clever book that pokes fun at England and China and explores the endless possibilities for misunderstanding between East and West, men and women.
Acquisto del libro
A concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, Xiaolu Guo
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2008
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- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Xiaolu Guo
- Editore
- Vintage
- Pubblicato
- 2008
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 353
- ISBN10
- 0099520796
- ISBN13
- 9780099520795
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Letteratura romantica, Prosa storica, Amore, Narrativa contemporanea, Romance contemporaneo, Erotica, Cibo, Inghilterra, Gran Bretagna, Asia, Cina, Londra, Cultura, Viaggio, Studio, Destino, Futuro, Solitudine
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1997
- Titolo originale
- A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary For Lovers
- Valutazione
- 3,75 su 5
- Descrizione
- Z is a 23-year-old Chinese language student who has come to London to learn English. When the book begins she can barely ask for a cup of tea, but when language comes, so does love. As she gets to know British culture she also falls for an older English man who lives a resolutely bachelor life in Hackney. It's a million miles away from the small Chinese town she comes from, where her parents want nothing more for her than that she should follow them into the shoe business. Z learns about sex, humour, companionship and passion, but she also learns the painful truth that language is also a barrier and the more you know about it, the less you understand. Written in short chapters, each the definition of a word, this is a brilliantly clever book that pokes fun at England and China and explores the endless possibilities for misunderstanding between East and West, men and women.