{"product_id":"once-upon-a-time-in-the-east-a-story-of-growing-up-by-xiaolu-guo","title":"Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up by Xiaolu Guo","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781784740689\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChatto \u0026amp; Windus, January 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e317 pages, Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe acclaimed novelist's award-winning memoir of growing up in a remote Chinese fishing village is \"a rich and insightful coming-of-age story\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKirkus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI Am China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNine Continents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNine Continents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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 (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, UK).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"I H Pentz Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50860878790818,"sku":null,"price":170.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0364\/4047\/3732\/files\/9175D_J2SHL._SL1500.jpg?v=1794494615","url":"https:\/\/pentzbooks.co.za\/products\/once-upon-a-time-in-the-east-a-story-of-growing-up-by-xiaolu-guo","provider":"I H Pentz Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}