As a child, Xiaolu Guo hunted birds and toads for food – today, she’s an award-winning novelist
Guo’s jagged, unpolished memoir Once Upon a Time in the East reminds us of the power of storytelling.
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New Times,
New Thinking.
Guo’s jagged, unpolished memoir Once Upon a Time in the East reminds us of the power of storytelling.
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