Mike Cormack

Poetic miniatures: A Lover’s Discourse, by Xiaolu Guo, reviewed

In a series of lyrical short chapters Guo reflects on isolation, misunderstandings and the search for home

Xiaolu Guo. Credit: Getty Images 
issue 08 August 2020
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  • A Lover’s Discourse

    Xiaolu Guo

    Chatto, pp. 288, £14

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