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A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers

by Xiaolu Guo

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers heralds the American debut of a remarkably gifted young writer.

Twenty-three-year-old Zhuang, the daughter of shoe factory owners in rural China, has come to London to study English. She calls herself Z because English people can’t pronounce her name, but she’s no better at their language. Set loose to find her way through a... (more)

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TC W
  • Rated 5 stars

"A Concise Chinese English dictionary for lovers" is a story about love between two cultures.

A Chinese girl, "Z". She studied English in London and fell in love with an English man. Their love wasn't perfect and life was full of conflict. Misunderstanding constantly happen among languages, but the needs, the emptiness, all of these made their love more emotional and locked two of them even tighter.

Who says love has to be beautiful and pure?

I was a foreigner in...

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amnbdad
  • Rated 2 stars

Interesting, okay read. I've read enough bittersweet love stories lately, I'm ready for some happy ever afters.

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  • ElizaDoo

    elizadoo said:

    The concept behind this book is fascinating - written in Chinglish, it tells of a young Chinese woman's experience of life and love and sex, and finding herself and her path in life, during a study year in London. Unfortunately, the book itself does not really do it justice and is certainly not worthy of all the hype it's received. Admittedly, it is at times funny and interesting, and the insights into the effects of cultural difference on the protagonist's relationship are intruiging, but overall, the book is little more than well-marketed chick lit.

    posted Friday, August 24 2007 ( | view 2 replies )

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