Xiaolu Guo published six books in China before moving to London in
2002. The English translation of Village of Stone was
shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and nominated
for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Her first novel
written in English, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for
Lovers, was shortlisted for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction,
and Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth, published in 2008,
was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. She is also a
successful director of feature films, including She, a
Chinese and UFO in Her Eyes, and documentaries; her work
has premiered at the Venice Film Festival, the Toronto Film
Festival, and other venues all over the world. She was named as one
of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists in 2013.
www.guoxiaolu.com
“Beautifully rendered.” —The New York Times Book Review
“A book so piercingly urgent and relevant it is as if Guo has not
so much published it as pressed it into your hand the very moment
after writing the final sentence.” —The Independent (London)
“A multilayered exploration of politics and culture across three
continents. . . . Cultural references, from Johnny Rotten to Erik
Satie, are refracted through a lens of Chinese politics.” —The
Guardian (London)
“[Guo’s] dark, witty fiction examines the interface between east
and west. . . . This novel has bold, refreshing things to say about
art and politics.” —Financial Times
“A complex and fascinating political narrative. The lives of Jian
and Mu, haunted by the turbulent history of Chinese politics (in
particular, the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989), read like a
eulogy for a lost vision of China.” —The Observer (London)
“Steeped in music, revolution, exile and romance, this is a story
from the front lines of contemporary China.” —Houston Chronicle
“With I Am China, Xiaolu Guo has completed her metamorphosis from
an exile writing about displacement in a second language to a
writer who seems to occupy two worlds at once, with a discerning
eye cast on each and the myriad intersections between them.” —The
Toronto Star
“A compelling read. . . . Vividly captures the mixed emotions of
the youths of 1980s about their home country and the impact on
their lives decades after.” —The Asian Review of Books
“A harrowing glimpse into post-Tiananmen repression in China. . . .
A mix of dissident rhetoric and heartbreak that turns on one
couple’s story.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Guo’s bittersweet tale of love and politics with a soupçon of
obsession plays out against the contrast between East and West. . .
. This is truly a finely crafted novel whose characters will remain
in memory long after reading the final page.” —Booklist
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