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Radical : a life of my own

Guo, Xiaolu, 1973-2023
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The world can seem strange and lonely when you step away from your family and everything you have tried to call your own. Yet beauty may also appear. In the autumn of 2019 Xiaolu travelled to New York to take up her position as a visiting professor for a year, leaving her child and partner behind in London. The encounter with American culture and people threatens her sense of identity and throws her into a crisis - of meaning, desire, obligation and selfhood. This is a memoir about separation - by continents, by language, and from people.
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Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2023.
Collation:
ix, 339 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9781784744861 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
828.92828GUOB
Local class:
B/GUO
Language:
English
BRN:
2339993
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