β Scribed by Xiaolu Guo
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Written in a series of short chapters, with each one becoming the definition of a word, a novel about a young Chinese woman caught in the cultural confusion of England explores the endless possibilities for misunderstanding between East and West.
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