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 filmmaker of feature films, including She, A Chinese, UFO in Her Eyes, How Is Your Fish Today, We Went to Wonderland and documentaries. She was named as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists in 2013. Her forthcoming novel, I Am China
Xiaolu Guo
Articles by Xiaolu Guo
Monday September 8
Reunion
Men’s faces always appear old to me. Most of the ones who visit the karaoke parlor are ageing, with wives and children at home. They were born in the ’50s, dedicated the prime of their lives to the socialist cause. They say to me: “Bastard, life is so unfair to us, girl, I tell you,