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Title	:	Shanghai Baby
Author	:	Zhou Weihui
Book Format	:	Mass Market Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 311 pages
Published	:	2002 by Robinson (first published 1999)
Categories	:	Cultural. China. Fiction. Romance. Asia. Contemporary. Literature. Asian Literature

Shanghai Baby

Zhou Weihui

Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 311 pages

Rating: 3.21 | 4264 Users | 351 Reviews

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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, Reuters

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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

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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

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

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)

Reading a book with the protagonist being a writer is always fascinating. Reading the book was entertaining and some parts were very well written but the ending seemed lazy or like unsatisfying.

I grabbed this book off of a free book exchange shelf thinking it was Shanghai Girls but decided to read it anyway. Big mistake! Granted this book was written in 1999 and was almost banned by the Chinese government because of it's sensuality, it was not worth being printed. This was a very shallow twenty-something version of Sex in the City without the best friends. The only parts that were interesting were brief commentaries on western expats. I found the narrator obsessed with all things

Shanghai Baby (上海寳貝) by Zhou Weihui is the quintessential novel of the modern, middle-class Chinese woman living in the heady days of the early 90s as China underwent massive socio-economic changes. Semi-autobiographical in nature and with the link between fact and fiction blurred for marketing purposes, Shanghai Baby is replete with brand names, sexualised themes and empty dialogue. Commercialisation and materialism are glamorised to an obscene extent, with the protagonist at every opportunity

Well, she is a good author.. she's able to describe the characters and emotions precisely.. it'll engage you.. but story wise.. I don't really like it.. it's just basically about a Chinese girl who had a younger bf but having affair with a good-looking western guy. It's still a good read incase you have nothing else to read or you can borrow this from your friend. Otherwise, it's not a priority.