A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
by Guo, Xiaolu
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- Paperback
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- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0385520298
- ISBN 13
- 9780385520294
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Synopsis
XIAOLU GUO was born in 1973. After graduating from the Beijing Film Academy, she published a number of books in China. Since 2002, she has been dividing her time between London and Beijing. She has written and directed award-winning documentaries including The Concrete Revolution ; her first feature film, How Is Your Fish Today?, was screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2007 International Women’s Film Festival. A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers , her third novel, is the first book she has written directly in English; it was short-listed for the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction.
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- Hourglass Books (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 004374
- Title
- A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
- Author
- Guo, Xiaolu
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- Advanced Uncorrected Proof
- ISBN 10
- 0385520298
- ISBN 13
- 9780385520294
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- International Fiction
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