Author Spotlight: Xiaolu Guo

Description: Xiaolu Guo is a prolific Chinese-born British novelist, memoirist and film-maker, who explores migration, alienation, and transnational identities through her works. Language is a series of excerpts from A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, where passages are specifically picked out to depict the disorienting muddleness of a city when the language itself proves impenetrable. Meanwhile, A Concise Chinese-Engish Dictionary showcases the full and utterly original journey of self-discovery as a young Chinese woman newly arrived in London moves in with her English boyfriend. Though both works centre on the same narrative, they hold different emphasis - Language showing the sheer difficulty of communication, and A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers revealing what it takes to find yourself.
Consists of: Language (Well Read), A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Good)