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Title: A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
Author: Xiaolu Guo
Publisher: Vintage
Year: 2008
361 pages
Both funny and poignant, this novel uses a word and definition to open each chapter of the narrator's diary or notebook. A student from China in England, she writes in English, which improves over time, as does her ability to express more complex and nuanced ideas and emotions. At times it's hilarious and the observations pithy; at others it is a tale of protracted yearning. A very enjoyable novel, perhaps especially so for English as a Foreign Language teachers.
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