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    September 17

    A CONCISE CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY FOR LOVERS

    Xiaolu guo 

    Es el ultimo libro que he leído, esta vez en ingles. Es el típico libro que yo hubiera soñado escribir, a mi juicio lo tiene todo para engancharte desde el principio al final. Sin duda lo recomiendo para todos aquellos que están aprendiendo ingles ya que tiene un nivel asequible.

     

    Es algo mas que una historia de amor, más bien es una reflexión acerca de la vida, de los distintos puntos de vista que se pueden tener sobre ella y de cómo la felicidad es un camino sin principio ni fin. La protagonista es una chica de 23 años originaría de China que viaja a Londres para aprender el idioma, allí conocerá a Western, un chico ingles de 44 años. Xiaolu Guo, la autora, nos revela como el amor puede nacer a pesar de las diferencias y de crecer de muy distinta manera.

     

    En este choque cultural, ella descubrirá el verdadero significado de algunas palabras y sentimientos de extraordinaria importancia para todos nosotros, como: alien, properly, homesick, guest, drifter, intimate, home, colony, heaven, humour, equal, frustration, freedom,  abortion, nostalgia, lighthouse, optimism, contradiction,…. Palabras que van hilvanándose a modo de diccionario y que nos hablan de madurar y crecer, y sobre todo de vivir tu propia experiencia.

     

    La inocencia de “Z” te hace sentirte identificado con ella desde el principio con descripciones muy precisas de cosas complejas y difíciles de explicar, me quedo con esta estrofa del principio del libro:

     

    What are you thinking? 

    Her: What are you thinking?
    Him: Nothing.
    Her: But what is in your head?
    Him: I feel sad about my life.
    Her: Why?
    Him: Everything feels empty and endless.
    Her: What you want then?
    Him: I want to find happiness.
    Her: You can't have happiness at all times. Sometimes you will be sad. Don't you think?
    Him: But I don't see any happiness in my life
    Her: Then what's your most near happiness?
    Him: ...The sea.

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