'Reading it is rather like finding yourself in a dream- "once upon a time..." People are going to like this book very much' Doris Lessing
Xiaolu Guo was born in south China. She studied film at the Beijing Film Academy and published six books in China before she moved to London in 2002. The English translation of Village of Stone was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her first novel written in English, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, and 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth, published in 2008, was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Her most recent novel, I Am China, was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. In 2013 she was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Xiaolu has also directed several award-winning films including She, A Chinese and a documentary about London, Late at Night. She lives in London and Berlin.
A refreshing departure from much of the recent Chinese fiction to
reach these shores. The language has the pared-down simplicity of a
fable; the effect is a bit like that of a Haruki Murakami novel
*Times Literary Supplement*
Open this book and you will see a Chinese girl stepping towards you
out of China's past and into its present, with all her dreams and
striving
*Xinran*
Exquisitely written and intricately contructed
*Independent*
Reading it is rather like finding yourself in a dream: "once upon a
time..." People are going to like this book very much... What could
have been a misery of a story has the mysterious charm of a fairy
tale or a legend
*Doris Lessing*
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