| #3832157 in Books | 2001-06-28 | Original language:Chinese | PDF # 1 | File type: PDF | 256 pages||6 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| Come On, Put This In Context...|By Neal|This is a work that gives a valuable insight into a changing society and the pressures it faces as it modernizes.
I am neither a resident of Shanghai not of Chinese origin (I actually am a 63-year-old male of European origin) but I find the characters and the setting credible...every major city with which I have ever had contac|From Publishers Weekly|Although it caused an uproar in the author's native China, Western readers will find 27-year-old Wei Hui's semiautobiographical offering reminiscent of fiction by the brat pack writers of the '80s, though more clich‚d and less edgy.
First championed by the state media as a rising star of her generation, Wei Hui is now dubbed 'decadent, debauched and a slave of foreign culture'. Shanghai Baby was banned by the authorities in April 2000 and 40,000 copies were publicly burned, serving only to fan the flames of the author's cult status. Based on the author's own experience, Shanghai Baby is the story of Coco, a 25-year-old waitress who falls in love with a charismatic but opium-addicted young man, but t...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Shanghai Baby | Zhou Wei Hui. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
