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100 1  Guo, Xiaolu,|d1973-|eauthor. 
245 10 Nine continents :|ba memoir in and out of China /|cXiaolu 
       Guo. 
250    First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. 
264  1 New York :|bGrove Press,|c2017. 
264  4 |c©2017 
300    366 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "Xiaolu Guo is one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born 
       writers of her generation, an iconoclastic and completely 
       contemporary voice. Her vivid, poignant memoir, Nine 
       Continents is 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. Xiaolu Guo has 
       traveled further than most to become who she needed to be.
       Now, as she experiences the birth of her daughter in a 
       London maternity ward surrounded by women from all over 
       the world, she looks back on that journey. It begins in 
       the fishing village shack on the East China Sea where her 
       illiterate grandparents raised her, and brings her to a 
       rapidly changing Beijing, full of contradictions: a 
       thriving underground art scene amid mass censorship, 
       curious Westerners who held out affection only to 
       disappear back home. Eventually Xiaolu determined to see 
       the world beyond China for herself, and now, after fifteen
       years in Europe, her words resonate with the insight of 
       someone both an outsider and at home, in a world far 
       beyond the country of her birth. Nine Continents presents 
       a fascinating portrait of China in the eighties and 
       nineties, how the Cultural Revolution shaped families, and
       how the country's economic ambitions gave rise to great 
       change. It is also a moving testament to the birth of a 
       creative spirit, and of a new generation being raised to 
       become citizens of the world. It confirms Xiaolu Guo as 
       one of world literature's most urgent voices."--Provided 
       by publisher. 
600 10 Guo, Xiaolu,|d1973-|xChildhood and youth. 
650  0 Authors, Chinese|y21st century|vBiography. 
650  0 Authors, English|y21st century|vBiography. 
650  0 Women|zChina|vBiography. 
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|xLiterary.|2bisacsh  
650  7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|xPersonal Memoirs.|2bisacsh  
651  0 China|xSocial life and customs|y1976-2002. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft   
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