20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth
About this book
The latest novel from Orange Prize finalist Xiaolu Guo is the enchantingly comic story of a young Chinese woman's life as a film extra in hyper-modern, tumultuous Beijing.Though twenty-one-year-old Fenfang Wang has traveled 1,800 miles to seek her fortune in urban Beijing, she is ill-prepared for what greets her: a Communist regime that has outworn its welcome, a city in slap-dash development, and a sexist attitude more in keeping with her peasant upbringing than the country's progressive capital. But after mastering the fever and tumult of the city, Fenfang ultimately finds her true independence in the one place she never expected.
Reader Profile
3.8/5 · 1 readers · 208 pages · ≈ 3 h 51 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth?
About ≈ 3 h 51 m — 208 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth?
208 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote 20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth?
Xiaolu Guo.