Bibliograph

Nine continents, a memoir in and out of China, Xiaolu Guo

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Nine continents, a memoir in and out of China, Xiaolu Guo

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nine continents

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Xiaolu Guo

Sub title

a memoir in and out of China

Summary

The acclaimed author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers and I Am China, Xiaolu Guo grew up an unwanted child in a poor fishing village on the East China Sea. But a Taoist monk made a startling prediction to her grandmother: that Guo would prove herself to be a peasant warrior and grow up to travel the nine continents. In Nine Continents, Guo tells the story of a curious mind coming of age in an inhospitable country, and her determination to seek a life beyond the limits of its borders. From her family's village to a rapidly changing Beijing, to a life beyond China, Nine Continents presents a fascinating portrait of how the Cultural Revolution shaped families, and how the country's economic ambitions have given rise to great change. This memoir confirms Xiaolu Guo as one of world literature's most urgent voices

Target audience

adult

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