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keilexandra

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers, by Xiaolu Guo

Feb 13, 2008 21:00

A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers
by Xiaolu Guo
283 pages (hardcover)
Genre: Fiction/Literary/Romance

This novel was my version of an impulse buy; I was browsing the new releases shelf in the library and the word "Chinese" caught my eye. I've been trying not to overload with library books, since I have a backlog of borrowed and bought ( Read more... )

genre: literary, genre: romance, author: guo xiaolu, book reviews 2008

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springgreen February 14 2008, 03:39:44 UTC

Oh huh, that sounds interesting! I've seen one write-up in which the reviewer didn't like the language, but... it has Chinese in it! Awesome!

keilexandra February 14 2008, 04:04:22 UTC

I thought the language was beautiful, but I may be biased by appreciation for how authentically it mirrors the transition from Chinese to English. (Not that I have any personal experience with the matter, only theoretical ponderings...)

niladmirari February 14 2008, 05:39:07 UTC

That sounds really unusual and lovely.

keilexandra February 14 2008, 22:42:24 UTC

It is!

buymeaclue February 14 2008, 20:18:22 UTC

I started this and then had to return it to the library. Must get it back again.

keilexandra February 14 2008, 22:43:29 UTC

Oh, do! (Sorry about the non-existent spoiler cut, btw.)

buymeaclue February 15 2008, 02:45:52 UTC

I am the very last person who needs apologizing to about spoiler cuts. *g*

shikonsapphire March 3 2008, 00:25:44 UTC

Haha, I'm way behind reading LJ entries. But anyway~ omg there was a curse? 0__o I guess it was one of the words I didn't recognize, or maybe my parents say it all the time and I just don't realize it's actually a curse. XD; I'd never be able to ask one of my parents to read something for me like that- too awkward. 0___o;; I think they still believe that I read.. like.. innocent little-kid books like Harry Potter. .__.; Not that I'm making much of an effort to correct them, ehehehe..

keilexandra March 3 2008, 00:35:52 UTC

I didn't know it was a curse, but I asked my mom to read the passage out loud and she wouldn't read it verbatim. So I asked her why, and she told me the first few words were, erm, offensive. :P

shikonsapphire March 3 2008, 00:44:50 UTC

Ohhh, LOL.

Btw, did you try the cake? P: My parents say it tastes too much like baking soda. XP

keilexandra March 3 2008, 02:07:51 UTC

Yeah, I ate the cake. It's... interesting. Perhaps your best baking effort yet, in that it was edible and moreso than the cupcakes, but it tasted a little "off."

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thanks much anonymous March 24 2008, 23:02:47 UTC

nice work, dude