Ebook {Epub PDF} Nine Continents: A Memoir in and Out of China by Xiaolu Guo

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Buy Nine Continents: A Memoir in and Out of China Illustrated by Guo, Xiaolu (ISBN: ) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Xiaolu Guo (Chinese: 郭小橹) born ) is a Chinese-born British novelist, memoirist and film-maker, who explores migration, alienation, memory, personal journeys, feminism, translation and transnational identities.. Guo has directed a dozen films including documentaries and fictions. Her most well-known films include She, a Chinese and We Went to Wonderland. Get this from a library! Nine continents: a memoir in and out of China. [Xiaolu Guo] -- From one of Grantas Best of Young British Novelists, Xiaolu Guos memoir documents her trajectory from a small fishing village in rural China to life in the West as a fearless writer and filmmaker.

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