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| Original Title: | 上海宝贝 [Shanghai baobei] |
| ISBN: | 1841196843 (ISBN13: 9781841196848) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mark Fuller, Cocó, Tian Tian |
| Setting: | Shanghai(China) China |
Zhou Weihui
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 311 pages Rating: 3.21 | 4264 Users | 351 Reviews
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| Title | : | Shanghai Baby |
| Author | : | Zhou Weihui |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 311 pages |
| Published | : | 2002 by Robinson (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Cultural. China. Fiction. Romance. Asia. Contemporary. Literature. Asian Literature |
Interpretation To Books Shanghai Baby
A story of love, sex and self-discovery - banned in China. 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 her writing. Shortly afterwards, she meets Mark, a married Westerner. The two are uncontrollably attracted and begin a highly charged, physical affair. Torn between her two lovers, and tormented by her deceit, her unfinished novel and the conflicting feelings involved in love and betrayal, Coco begins to find out who she really is. Here is a beautifully written novel with a distinct voice that describes China on the brink of its own social and sexual revolution. 'I was looking for a voice of my generation. The gap that divides those of us born in the 1970s and the older generation has never seemed so wide.' - Wei Hui, ReutersRating Appertaining To Books Shanghai Baby
Ratings: 3.21 From 4264 Users | 351 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Shanghai Baby
Crap. Self-indulgent, narcissistic, unabashedly ignorant, poorly written crap. It's a shame that Chinese literature is being represented by such an atrocious wanna-be.I found this book on a sale and it kindled my interest because i had heard about the scandal and the banning it had been involved in in china - well, it's very explicit about sex, but doesn't break any real taboos in the western world. Ok, there's sex with an impotent man, there's sex with a German with an OOOOOOO SOOOOOOO HUUUUUUUUUGE penis, there's no sex with a vibrator and there's a little bit of flirting with other women. the only thing which really made me swallow (in an unpleasant way)
About the Book Wei Hui calls the novel a semi-autobiographical account of her spiritual and sexual awakening.semi-autobiographical (influenced by American writer Henry Miller), close resemblance to the authors life, but partially fiction to make it more entertaining or use it for ones conclusions, could not find out morebanned in China for its sexual content, its bold depiction of Chinas New Generation, especially that of womenswas a local bestseller, after the banishmentwhich is probably also
A lot of my Chinese friends encourage me to read this book, not because they think it's cool or that it's fantastic, but because the main character is a Shanghainese girl.Well, duh, you can read the title, right?It turned out, my Chinese friends - who are not from Shanghai - begged me to read this book to prove their points that Shanghai girls are *cough* a bit unruly on the sex and wild side. They have this prejudice that Shanghai girls are only after white guys and that they would do anything
Wow! What an utterly uninspired piece of writing. The main character (apparently based on the author) is totally unrelatable and lacks depth. While I believe the character was intended to be this revolutionary and shocking women she came off as a shallow and uncaring character with no redeemable human quality. The writing itself was boring and uninvolved.... A depressing attempt at shock value.
This book was so odd. It is touted as being banned because it was "too sensual". I found it more about a strange, narcissistic woman and her very needy childlike boyfriend. Not great, but I finished it
Wei Hui is Shanghai-ese spoiled spoiled spoiled who can think of nothing better to do, so she decides to become a writer, and because she's a writer, she must be tortured! Oh! It's so hard being her! It's so hard living the life of luxury and not having to care! Don't you feel sorry for her? Because she wants you to.Also, Wei Hui most pretentious. And her writing, ugh. "A team of Japanese boys on roller skates looked like mounted butterflies as they showed off their techniques... their dyed hair
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