Xiaolu Guo Before prologue February alien hostel properly fog beginner pronoun slogan weather confusion homesick March homosexual guest misunderstanding bachelor green fingers fertilise instruction charm vegetarian noble April surprise pub drifter bisexual cabbage slug privacy intimate free world May custom fart home colony June prostitute heaven romance July physical work isolate humour migraine August equal frustration nonsense discord identity hero freedom September paris amsterdam berlin venice tavira faro dublin October self abortion nostalgia age lighthouse November pathology pessimism/optimism electric bestseller December future tense possess christmas January betray infinity expel dilemma timing February contradiction fatalism race departure Afterwards epilogue Acknowledgments Xiaolu Guo
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For the man who lost my manuscript in Copenhagen airport, and knows how a woman lost her language. Nothing in this book is true, except for the love between her and him.
