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<p>Have you ever tried to learn another language? When Zhuang first arrives in London from China she feels like she is among an alien species. The city is disorientating, the people unfriendly, the language a muddle of personal pronouns and moody verbs. But with increasing fluency in English surviving turns to living. And they say that the best way to learn a language is to fall in love with a native speaker</p><p>Selected from the book<i>A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers</i>by Xiaolu Guo</p><p><b>VINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.</b></p><p>A series of short books by the worlds greatest writers on the experiences that make us human</p><p>Also in the Vintage Minis series: <i>Babies</i>by Anne Enright <i>Depression</i>by William Styron <i>Race</i>by Toni Morrison <i>Home</i>by Salman Rushdie</p>

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<b>Xiaolu Guo</b>was born in south China. She studied film at the Beijing Film Academy and published six books in China before she moved to London in 2002. Her books include<i>Village of Stone</i>which was shortlisted for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize,<i>A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers</i>which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction,<i>20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth</i>which was longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize, and<i>I Am China</i>which was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. In 2013 she was named as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists. Xiaolu has also directed several award-winning films including<i>She, A Chinese</i>and a documentary about London,<i>Late at Night</i>. She lives in London and Berlin.

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