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A lover's discourse

Guo, Xiaolu, 1973-2020
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A Chinese woman comes to London to start a new life - away from her dead parents, away from her old world. She knew she would be lonely, but will her new relationship with the Australian-British-German landscape architect bring her closer to this land she has chosen, will their love give her a home? 'A Lover's Discourse' is an exploration of romantic love told through fragments of conversations between the two lovers. Playing with language and the cultural differences that her narrator encounters as she settles into life in a Britain still reeling from the Brexit vote, Xiaolu Guo shows us how this couple navigate these differences, and their romance, whether on their unmoored houseboat or in a cramped and stifling flat share in east London.
Main title:
A lover's discourse / Xiaolu Guo.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2020.
Collation:
271 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781784743499 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
BRN:
1921701
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