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The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai

by Ruiyan Xu
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Language lost, love found in Shanghai.

The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai is a beautifully written debut novel that explores the complex relationships between language, love, and identity. The book follows Li Jing, a high-flying financier who loses his ability to speak Chinese after an accident, and his wife, Zhou Meiling, as they struggle to communicate and reconnect in the bustling city of Shanghai. Along the way, they meet Rosalyn Neal, a neurologist who specializes in bilingual aphasia, and the three form an unexpected and heart-warming bond. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in language, love, and the power of human connection.

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The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai

by Ruiyan Xu
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ISBN: 9781408820162
Authors: Ruiyan Xu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
Date of Publication: 2011-07-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Contemporary, Romance
Goodreads rating: 3.07
(rated by 769 readers)

Description

Li Jing, a high-flying financier, has just joined his father for dinner at the grand Swan Hotel in central Shanghai when, without warning, the ground begins to rumble. It shifts like a pre-historic animal, then explodes in a roar of hot, unfurling air. As Li Jing drags his unconscious father out of the collapsing building, a single shard of glass whistles through the air and neatly pierces his forehead. In an instant, Li Jing's ability to speak Chinese is obliterated. After weeks in hospital, all that emerge from his mouth are unsteady phrases of the English he spoke as a child growing up in Virginia. His wife, Zhou Meiling, whom he courted with beautiful words, finds herself on the other side of an abyss, unable to communicate with her husband and struggling to put on a brave face - for the sake of Li Jing's floundering company, and for their son, Pang Pang. A neurologist who specialises in Li Jing's condition - bilingual aphasia - arrives from the US to work with Li Jing, to coax language back onto his tongue. Rosalyn Neal is red-haired, open-hearted, recently divorced, and as lost as Li Jing in this bewitching, bewildering city. As doctor and patient sit together, sharing their loneliness along with their faltering words, feelings neither of them anticipated begin to take hold. Feelings Meiling does not need a translator to understand. A sensitive exploration of the power of words and of silence, The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai is a wonderfully evocative debut about love and language, duty and passion, in a vibrant modern city.
 

Language lost, love found in Shanghai.

The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai is a beautifully written debut novel that explores the complex relationships between language, love, and identity. The book follows Li Jing, a high-flying financier who loses his ability to speak Chinese after an accident, and his wife, Zhou Meiling, as they struggle to communicate and reconnect in the bustling city of Shanghai. Along the way, they meet Rosalyn Neal, a neurologist who specializes in bilingual aphasia, and the three form an unexpected and heart-warming bond. The book is a must-read for anyone interested in language, love, and the power of human connection.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.