20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth

Informationen zum Autor 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 Award, was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Rathbones Folio Prize 2018. It was a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her most recent novel A Lover's Discourse was shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2020. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a visiting professor at the Free University in Berlin. Klappentext Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang won't be defeated. 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. Zusammenfassung Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang won't be defeated. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Xiaolu Guo, Guo Xiaolu
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780099512936
• ISBN: 978-0-09-951293-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 14 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Chinesische SchriftstellerInnen; Werke (div.), China, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Friendship, FICTION / City Life, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Beijing, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Contemporary lifestyle fiction, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION / Feminist