Who would believe that reading a novel written in deliberately bad Englishcould be as uplifting as this? But Xiaolu Guo writing in English for the firsttime has... » 

Who would believe that reading a novel written in deliberately bad Englishcould be as uplifting as this? But Xiaolu Guo writing in English for the firsttime has pulled it off. Her narrator who calls herself Z because no one canpronounce her name is a 23yearold Chinese language student who comes toLondon to learn English. When she arrives she can barely ask for a cup of teabut when language comes so does love. As she gets to know British culture shealso falls for an older English man. Z learns about sex humour companionshipand passion. Written in short chapters each the definition of a word thisclever book explores the endless possibilities for misunderstanding betweenEast and West and paints a portrait of a relationship that everyone willunderstand no matter what their nationality. «