Zhou Weihui
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 311 pages Rating: 3.21 | 4264 Users | 351 Reviews
Details Of Books Shanghai Baby
| Title | : | Shanghai Baby |
| Author | : | Zhou Weihui |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 311 pages |
| Published | : | 2002 by Robinson (first published 1999) |
| Categories | : | Cultural. China. Fiction. Romance. Asia. Contemporary. Literature. Asian Literature |
Commentary In Favor Of 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, Reuters
Define Books During Shanghai Baby
| 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 |
Rating Of Books Shanghai Baby
Ratings: 3.21 From 4264 Users | 351 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books Shanghai Baby
Totally not what I was expecting! In a good way.What a strange book..
I think 2 stars is kind, I would have given 1.5. The main character Coco is extremely unlikable - egotistical, vapid, obsessed with her looks, and immature. she longs for fame based on her "skill" as an author, and seems to be mostly motivated by that. not to become a good author for the sake of self development or because she has something she feels needs to be written, but just for fame. and it doesnt get much more shallow than that. Her man-baby boyfriend is also irritating due to his
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
Shanghai Baby is a story about a twenty-something, Shanghainese writer who falls in love with two men: an impotent Chinese and a married German. If it's all about that, I will have abandoned the book after a few chapters. But Wei Hui also paints a picture of 1999, post-colonial Shanghai, maybe not representative of industrial China, but at least enough to satisfy a traveler like me. The main character is called Coco and she wants to be famous, a characteristic that she attributes to Shanghai's
Nikki (or Coco) is a writer in China which was not popular enough. She is a tough woman who lives on her own. She had a boyfriend named Tian Tian and she lived together with him. Tian Tian was a nice weak loyal guy who loved painting. They both lived happily although Tian Tian could not give her offspring. He was impotent and Coco explained it really clear that they do not mind with that.Coco has many great friends beside her. They sometimes asked Coco hang out and spend the night together. Coco
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)
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.