Originally published in hardcover in 2007 - Chatto and Windus
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What a beautiful little book. What a tragic love story. What a sexual coming-of-age tale. What a narrative on the Everyman being a broken man. What an account of the cultural differences between the east and the west. What an illustration of an asian woman in western society.
This is a powerful book about love in a modern relationship told through a captivating narrative.
In the beginning and in the end it is a love story - a very sad love story but a completely realistic love story, a true love story.
Amazon description - When a young Chinese woman, newly arrived in London, moves in with her English boyfriend, she decides it’s time to write a Chinese-English dictionary for lovers. Xiaolu’s first novel in English is an utterly original journey of self-discovery.
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