Nine Continents: A Memoir In and Out of China

By: Xiaolu Guo

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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 Lovers and I 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. In Nine 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).