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Xiaolu Guo
Dear Librarian, Catcher in the Rye may have been a watershed novel for many of you. And it may surprise you to know that more than a continent away, when I was a child growing up in a small Chinese fishing village, I devoured J.D. Salinger's book as well. As a writer, it gave me the desire to write about a fictional youth in a loud voice – perhaps because in China, youth is diminished by a collective society. It lasts about three years!, after which you're under pressure to get married and find a job and contribute to society. In my new novel TWENTY FRAGMENTS OF A RAVENOUS YOUTH, the heroine Fenfang left a peasant life at the age of seventeen to chase her dreams in modern Beijing; she is in a terrible rush to make the most of her youth before it's too late. Although the novel isn't published until August, I thought you might enjoy hearing what the critics in the UK have been saying: "Xiaolu Guo's literary voice remains a breath of the freshest air imaginable." – The Independent "[A] sharp, unpretentiously sophisticated piece... The story is not so much a slice of life as a sliver, but good things do come in slivers – Parma ham, smoked salmon or truffle-shavings, say. Xiaolu Guo's work is that sort of treat." - Sunday Times "A delightful peek under the veil of today's China." - Daily Mail For more information about my book, please visit my website: www.guoxiaolu.com , or my publisher's website: www.nanatalese.com for a reader's guide and Q and A. Thank you for your support of my work! Xiaolu Guo
Twenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth / Xiaolu Guo / Nan A. Talese / Hardcover; 176 Pages
Price: $21.95 / ISBN: 978-0385525923 / Published: August, 2008 Xiaolu Guo is one of our featured authors this week. Click here to view her reader comments and feel free to use them in your newsletters. |