Omtale; Fremmedordbok for kjærester av Xiaolu Guo

For en stund siden leste jeg romanen Fremmedordbok for kjærester av Xiaolu Guo og i dag kommer omtalen av boka.

Beskrivelse fra forlaget
Dette er fortellingen til den 22 år gamle kinesiske språkstudenten Zhuang, som har kommet til London for å lære seg engelsk. I begynnelsen er språket hennes svært haltende, men etterhvert lærer hun mer om språket og kulturen. Zhuang faller for en eldre engelsk mann som fører et innbitt ungkarsliv i Hackney, et liv som er svært forskjellig fra livet i den lille kinesiske byen hun kommer fra. Zhuang lærer om sex, humor, vennskap og lidenskap, men hun lærer også den smertefulle leksen at språk også kan være en barriere og bli mer ubegripelig jo mer du kan om det. Gjennom Zhuangs opplevelser får vi innblikk i de mange mulighetene for misforståelse mellom øst og vest, og i et forhold som mange vil kunne gjenkjenne uansett nasjonalitet.

Mine tanker om boka
En kan registrere utviklinga til Zhang både språklig og erfaringsmessig i løpet av boka, men hun virker allikevel noe naiv og sutrete til og med på slutten. Boka er allikevel velskrevet og omhandler blant annet kulturkollisjoner og ikke føle seg helt "hjemme".

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