Shanghai Baby
$22.45
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
20 February 2003
Summary
Publicly burned in China for its sensual nature and irreverent style, this novel is the semi-autobiographical story of Coco, a cafe waitress, who is full of enthusiasm and impatience for life. She meets a young man, Tian Tian, for whom she feels tenderness and love, but he is reclusive, impotent and an increasing user of drugs. Despite parental objections, Coco moves in with him, leaves her job and throws herself into writing.
Shortly afterwards she meets Mark, a married Westerner. Th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841196848 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1841196843 |
| Author: | Wei Hui Zhou |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 20 February 2003 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 110mm x 176mm |
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Escellent. - Heat
A steamy Chinese novel in the Western style about life in contemporary China…condemned for exploring subjects that are completely taboo in modern Chinese literature. - The TimesWei Hui is intelligent and a passionte spokesperson for modern China. - Marie ClaireShanghai Baby is beautifully written, and the author cleary combines the qualities of natural feeling for writing with intelligence.Wei Hui Zhou
Wei Hui lives in Shanghai and is a graduate of the prestigious Fudan University. She is 27. This is her first novel.
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