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20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth. Xiaolu Guo
Xiaolu Guo
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Description for 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth. Xiaolu Guo
Paperback. Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang won't be defeated. She has travelled 1800 miles to seek her fortune in the city, and has no desire to return to the never-ending sweet potato fields back home. Num Pages: 208 pages, ill. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 156.
Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang won't be defeated. She has travelled 1800 miles to seek her fortune in the city, and has no desire to return to the never-ending sweet potato fields back home. Determined to live a modern life, Fenfang works as a cleaner in the Young Pioneer's movie theatre, falls in love with unsuitable men and keeps her kitchen cupboard stocked with UFO instant noodles. As Fenfang might say, Heavenly Bastard in the Sky, isn't it about time I got my lucky break?
Longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Books USA
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099512936
SKU
V9780099512936
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About Xiaolu Guo
Xiaolu Guo was born in China. She published six books before moving to Britain in 2002. Her books include: Village of Stone, shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize; A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, shortlisted for the Orange Prize; and I Am China. Her recent memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, won the National Book Critics Circle ... Read more
Reviews for 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth. Xiaolu Guo
A nihilistic, Generation X-style manifesto... Its impudent, hand-on-hip attitude cannot fail to charm
New Statesman
Funny and melancholy, scintillatingly observed, and has a very big heart
The Times
Both a personal odyssey and an insightful commentary about modern Chinese society and life itself... Xiaolu Guo is an instinctive, humane witness, her atmospheric, unusually physical narratives are ... Read more
New Statesman
Funny and melancholy, scintillatingly observed, and has a very big heart
The Times
Both a personal odyssey and an insightful commentary about modern Chinese society and life itself... Xiaolu Guo is an instinctive, humane witness, her atmospheric, unusually physical narratives are ... Read more