The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai

by Ruiyan Xu

Book Overview

A dazzling debut novel about the power of love and language... Li Jing, a successful, happily married businessman, is dining at a grand hotel in Shanghai when a gas explosion shatters the building. A shard of glass neatly pierces Li Jing's forehead--obliterating his ability to speak Chinese. The only words that emerge from his mouth are faltering phrases of the English he spoke as a child growing up in Virginia. Suddenly Li Jing finds himself unable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031258654X
• ISBN13: 9780312586546
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"