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20 Fragments Of A Ravenous Youth

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Twenty-one year old Fenfang Wang has traveled one thousand eight hundred miles to seek her fortune in contemporary urban Beijing, and has no desire to return to the drudgery of the sweet potato fields back home. However, Fenfang is ill-prepared for what greets her: a Communist regime that has outworn its welcome, a city under rampant destruction and slap-dash development, and a sexist attitude seemingly more in keeping with her peasant upbringing than the countryโ€™s progressive capital. Yet Fenfang is determined to live a modern life. With courage and purpose, she forges ahead, and soon lands a job as a film extra. While playing roles like woman-walking-over-the bridge and waitress-wiping-a-table help her eke out a meager living, Fenfang comes under the spell of two unsuitable young men, keeps her cupboard stocked with UFO noodles, and after mastering the fever and tumult of the city, ultimately finds her true independence in the one place she never expected.

Product Overview
ISBN 9780701181567
Categories Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, New Arrivals
Author(s) Guo, Xiaolu
Publisher Chatto & Windus
Pages 204
Format Softcover
Dimensions 21.4cm x 2cm x 13.6cm
Weight 0.222 kg