Nine Continents

Nine Continents Synopsis

The acclaimed novelist's award-winning memoir of growing up in a remote Chinese fishing village is ';a rich and insightful coming-of-age story' (Kirkus). The acclaimed author of A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for LoversandI Am China, Xiaolu Guo grew up an unwanted child in a poor fishing village on the East China Sea. But a Taoist monk made a startling prediction to her grandmother: that Guo would prove herself to be a peasant warrior and grow up to travel the nine continents. InNine Continents, Guo tells the story of a curious mind coming of age in an inhospitable country, and her determination to seek a life beyond the limits of its borders. From her family's village to a rapidly changing Beijing, to a life beyond China, Nine Continents presents a fascinating portrait of how the Cultural Revolution shaped families, and how the country's economic ambitions have given rise to great change. This ';moving and often exhilarating' memoir confirms Xiaolu Guo as one of world literature's most urgent voices (Financial Times, UK).