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I Am China

ID 460961
Slug i-am-china-xiaolu-guo
Contributors
Author : Xiaolu Guo
Annotation <p><br />In a detention centre in Dover exiled Chinese musician Jian is awaiting an unknown fate. In Beijing his girlfriend Mu sends desperate letters to London to track him down, her last memory of them together a roaring rock concert and Jian the king on stage. Until the state police stormed in.</p>
Description <p>In a flat above a noisy north London market, translator Iona Kirkpatrick starts work on a Chinese letter. Two lovers, Mu and Jian, have been driven apart by forces beyond their control.</p> <p>As Iona unravels the story of the lovers, Jian and Mu seem to be travelling further and further away from each other. Iona, intoxicated by their romance, sets out to bring them back together, but time is running out.</p>
Bestseller 60
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350 Fictie overig algemeen NUR
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Publisher Random House UK
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Language eng
Page count 373
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Publication date first 2015-01-01
Publication date latest 2015-01-01
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  • ISBN: 9780099583738 (BC)

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