20 fragments of a ravenous youth
By: Xiaolu Guo.
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780701181550
Subjects: Extras (Actors) -- China -- Beijing -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Other titles: Twenty fragments of a ravenous youth
Description: Life as a film extra in Beijing might seem hard, but Fenfang - the spirited heroine of Xiaolu Guo's new novel - won't be defeated. She has travelled 1800 miles to seek her fortune in the city, and has no desire to return to the never-ending sweet potato fields back home. Determined to live a modern life, Fenfang works as a cleaner in the Young Pioneer's movie theatre, falls in love with unsuitable men and keeps her kitchen cupboard stocked with UFO instant noodles. As Fenfang might say, Heavenly Bastard in the Sky, isn't it about time I got my lucky break?
Notes: Translated from the Chinese.