Xiaolu Guo

thumb|Xiaolu Guo in 2015. Xiaolu Guo (1973-) is a Chinese-British novelist and film-maker. Memoirs Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up I could only see myself making a living through writing, as I had done in China. But should I write in Chinese here, a foreign land, or enrol in a language class and study English grammar? If I continued to write in Chinese I would have no readers here. Besides, I would never create a community of fellow artists and thinkers in my Western life while speaking Chinese. Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up, Chatto & Windus, 2017, page 259 (ISBN 9781784740689). State censorship was an obvious assault on our creativity, but few Chinese writers actually acknowledge the serious and endemic issue of self-censorship. For me it was as clear as the operation of the state's apparatus – without self-censorship an artist in China would get nowhere and had no voice. Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up, Chatto & Windus, 2017, page 259 (ISBN 9781784740689). I Am China is a parallel story about two Chinese lovers in exile – the external and internal exile that I had felt since leaving China. Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up, Chatto & Windus, 2017, page 269 (ISBN 9781784740689). My growing environmental awareness only added more fuel to the argument for having no children. And the logic of never-ending consumption didn't just harm the environment, it killed people too. Once Upon A Time in the East: A Story of Growing up, Chatto & Windus, 2017, page 305 (ISBN 9781784740689). Radical: A Life of My Own We now live in an age in which we are all information rich and experience poor. Radical: A Life of My Own, Chatto & Windus, 2023, page 78 (ISBN 9781784744861). Nature both creates and destroys. Radical: A Life of My Own, Chatto & Windus, 2023, page 285 (ISBN 9781784744861). [About Yayoi Kusama:] Classifying her work as 'art brut' is simplistic and unfair. For me she represents the history of womankind. A sexually violated, politically annihilated, socially ignored and emotionally deprived feminine life. One of her works is entitled Self Obliteration, which seems to sum up a woman's utter despair, in life, in art, in anything real in the human world. Radical: A Life of My Own, Chatto & Windus, 2023, page 302 (ISBN 9781784744861). Everyday Tang The ability to adapt and to change is the key to a healthy society, as well as a healthy individual. Everyday Tang: On What We Can Learn From a Dynasty, Notting Hill Editions, 2026, page 112 (ISBN 9781912559756). External links Category:Living people Category:Film directors from China Category:Film directors from the United Kingdom Category:Authors from the United Kingdom