Lovers in the Age of Indifference

Xiaolu Guo

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English

Chatto & Windus
01 March 2010

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Xiaolu Guo, best known for her enchanting yet sharp take on culture-shock, A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, presents a new work of fiction exploring the themes of love and exile that she has so brilliantly made her own.

The lovers in the age of indifference are tough romantics from every corner of the planet- a marriage splinters during a game of mah jong; a depressed fiancee is lifted by a mid-air encounter with a Hollywood legend; a mountain keeper watches over a lonely temple but is perturbed when, finally, a visitor dares to arrive.

In this engagingly maverick collection of stories, writer and filmmaker Guo zooms into tender and surreal moments in the lives of lost souls and lovers, adrift between West and East. Her personal, provocative and charming fables capture the sense of alienation thrown up by life in the modern world, and we join her characters in their search for human contact - and love - in rapidly-changing landscapes all around the globe.

By: Xiaolu Guo
Imprint: Chatto & Windus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9780701184834
ISBN 10: 0701184833
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 March 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Xiaolu Guo was born in a fishing village in south China. She studied film at the Beijing Film Academy and published six books in China before she moved 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 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth, published in 2008, was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize. Xiaolu's film career continues to flourish; her latest feature, She, A Chinese, is released in 2010 and has won the coveted Golden Leopard at the Locarno film festival; her new documentary Once Upon a Time Proletarian is currently screening at international film festivals.

Reviews for Lovers in the Age of Indifference

Witty and original...one of China's most successful literary exports * Guardian * Funny and melancholy, scintillatingly observed * The Times * Original, humorous and wise -- Amy Tan