A moving and atmospheric debut about love and language set in modern-day Shanghai
Ruiyan Xu Livres
Ruiyan Xu, auteur de Les langues perdues et oubliées de Shanghai, explore des thèmes complexes d'identité et d'héritage culturel dans son œuvre. Sa prose se caractérise par une observation perspicace et une représentation sensible des relations humaines. L'auteur explore les sentiments d'appartenance et d'aliénation, souvent replacés dans le contexte de sa propre éducation multiculturelle. Xu tisse magistralement des fils du passé et du présent, offrant aux lecteurs une expérience profondément résonnante.
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai. A Novel
- 340pages
- 12 heures de lecture
Li Jing, a happily married businessman, is dining at a grand hotel in Shanghai when a gas explosion rips through the building. A shard of glass pierces Jing's forehead, obliterating his ability to speak Chinese. He can form only faltering phrases in the English he spoke as a child in Virginia, leaving him unable to communicate with his wife, Meiling, or their young son. Desperate, the family turns to an American neurologist, Rosalyn Neal, who finds herself as lost as Jing--whom she calls James--in this bewitching city, where the two form a bond that Meiling does not need a translator to understand. With gorgeous prose and a dazzling sense of place, The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai introduces a brilliant storyteller, who shows us the power of language in both our public and our private relationships.
