A moving and atmospheric debut about love and language set in modern-day Shanghai
Ruiyan Xu Knihy
Ruiyan Xu, autorka románu Ztracené a zapomenuté jazyky Šanghaje, se ve své tvorbě ponořuje do složitých témat identity a kulturního dědictví. Její próza se vyznačuje pronikavým vhledem a citlivostí pro nuance lidských vztahů. Autorka zkoumá pocity sounáležitosti a odcizení, často zasazeny do pozadí jejího vlastního multikulturního původu. Xu mistrně splétá nitky minulosti a přítomnosti, čímž čtenářům nabízí hluboce rezonující zážitek.
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai. A Novel
- 340 stránek
- 12 hodin čtení
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.
