{"product_id":"radical-a-life-of-my-own-paperback","title":"Radical: A Life of My Own - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eXiaolu Guo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXiaolu Guo has been lauded as a \"voice . . . speaking with full freedom\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e), which has made her one of the most acclaimed Chinese-born writers of her generation. She is the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNine Continents\u003c\/i\u003e and a \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e Best Young British Novelist. \u003cb\u003eHer new memoir, \u003ci\u003eRadical\u003c\/i\u003e, is an exploration of a city, an electrically honest rendering of what it means to be an outsider, and the sojourn that upended her sense of self as a woman, partner, mother, and artist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world can seem strange and lonely when you step away from your family and everything you have built for yourself. Yet beauty may also appear. In the autumn of 2019, Guo traveled to New York to take up her position as a visiting professor for a year, leaving her child and partner behind in London. What she experienced, however, amidst excursions throughout the city and time spent on her own, was solitude and a destabilizing of self. Her encounter with American culture and people threatened her sense of identity and threw her into a crisis--of meaning, desire, obligation, and selfhood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRadicals, or bushous, are the building blocks of Chinese characters; they are the \"root\" from which all words get their meaning. In this feminist lexicon, as she threads together her search for creative and personal freedom, Guo illuminates the integral role language plays in forming our sense of self.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadical\u003c\/i\u003e is an individual and etymological journey, and an ardent love letter. It is an expression of one artist's fascination with Western culture and her nostalgia for Eastern landscapes, and an attempt to describe the space in between.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eXiaolu Guo\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eVillage of Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwenty Fragments of a Ravenous Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eI Am China\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Lover's Discourse\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNine Continents\u003c\/i\u003e. She has been named one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best of Young British Novelists. Guo is also an award-winning director; her films include \u003ci\u003eShe, a Chinese\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUFO in Her Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e, and she has been featured in retrospectives around the world. She lives in London and Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 24, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52468734689587,"sku":"9780802163592","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/QcHjEVOOHj9780802163592.webp?v=1759371295","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/radical-a-life-of-my-own-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}