A novel of searing intelligence and startling originality,
Lost in Translation heralds the debut of a unique new
voice on the literary landscape. Nicole Mones creates an
unforgettable story of love and desire, of family ties and
human conflict, and of one woman's struggle to lose herself
in a foreign land--only to discover her home, her heart,
herself.
At dawn in Beijing, Alice Mannegan pedals a
bicycle through the deserted streets. An American by birth,
a translator by profession, she spends her nights in
Beijing's smoke-filled bars, and the Chinese men she so
desires never misunderstand her intentions. All around her
rushes the air of China, the scent of history and change, of
a world where she has come to escape her father's love and
her own pain. It is a world in which, each night as she
slips from her hotel, she hopes to lose herself
forever.
For Alice, it began with a phone call from
an American archaeologist seeking a translator. And it
ended in an intoxicating journey of the heart--one that
would plunge her into a nation's past, and into some of the
most rarely glimpsed regions of China. Hired by an
archaeologist searching for the bones of Peking Man, Alice
joins an expedition that penetrates a vast, uncharted land
and brings Professor Lin Shiyang into her life. As they
draw closer to unearthing the secret of Peking Man, as the
group's every move is followed, their every whisper
recorded, Alice and Lin find shelter in each other, slowly
putting to rest the ghosts of their pasts. What happens
between them becomes one of the most breathtakingly erotic
love stories in recent fiction. Indeed, Lost in
Translation is a novel about love--between a nation and
its past, between a man and a memory, between a father and a
daughter. Its powerful impact confirms the extraordinary
gifts of a master storyteller, Nicole Mones.
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