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Experimental, fragmented and provocative, Xiaalu Guo's "A Lover's Discourse" is wholly unique. From my reading, I understood it to be a conversational piece between lovers who cross nations, ethnicities, cultures and time to be together. Set against the modern day Brexit, the tense narration also looks at the impact of rising xenophobia and personal relations. As an immigrant who has been in love in a country that is not my own, I deeply related to the protagonist's conflicting struggles in love and duty to self. Unsettling yet thoughtful, this is a very interesting new novel.