'It is hard not to be impressed by Guo's vivacious talent' Sunday TimesA story of desire love
and language - and the meaning of home - told through conversations between two loversA Chinese
woman comes to London to start a new life away from her old world. She knew she would be
lonely adrift in the city but will her new relationship bring her closer to this land she has
chosen will their love give her a home? A Lover's Discourse is an exploration of romantic love
told through fragments of conversations between the two lovers. Playing with language and the
cultural differences that her narrator encounters as she settles into life in a post-Brexit
Britain Xiaolu Guo shows us how this couple navigate these differences and their romance
whether on their unmoored houseboat or in a stifling flatshare in east London or journeying
through other continents together... Suffused with a wonderful sense of humour this intimate
and tender novel asks universal questions: what is the meaning of home when we've been
uprooted? How can a man and woman be together? And how best to find solid ground in a world of
uncertainty?
