English - A Novel (Paperback)

"I loved this book and can't stop talking about it. . . . Transcendent." -Carolyn See, The Washington Post In the tradition of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, Wang Gang's English is a captivating coming-of-age novel about the power of language to launch a journey of self-discovery. When a new teacher-a tall, elegantly dressed man from Shanghai carrying an English dictionary under his arm-comes to Urumqi, the capital of China's far west region of Xinjiang, twelve-year-old Love Liu turns away from Chairman Mao's little red book and toward the teacher's big blue book for answers to his most pressing questions about love and life. But as a whole new world begins to open up for him, Love Liu must face a test more challenging than any he'll take in the classroom.

General

Imprint:	Penguin USA
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	March 2010
Authors:	Wang Gang
Translators:	Martin Merz • Jane Weizhen Pan
Dimensions:	198 x 127 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-0-14-311654-7
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
LSN:	0-14-311654-1
Barcode:	9780143116547

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