Book of the week and Bibliography - Xiaolu Gio, 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth

Xiaolu Guo has just released her third book, 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (Chatto &Windus 2008) – signed copies currently available from Goldsboro Books at £12.99. This is the follow-up to the hugely successful A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Chatto & Windus, 2007), which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She has published one previous novel in English, Village of Stone (Chatto &Windus, 2004). All three books explore the modernisation of China from the perspective of a young women, and are highly recommended.

Bibliography

Village of Stone (Chatto & Windus, 2004)
A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Chatto & Windus, 2007)
20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth (Chatto & Windus, 2008)
UFO in her Eyes (Chatto & Windus, 2009)
Lovers in the Age of Indifference (short stories; Chatto, 2010)