| #2274845 in Books | 2001-08-28 | Format: Deckle Edge | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .93 x5.85 x8.72l, | File type: PDF | 263 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.
The gap that divides those of us born in the 1970s and the older generation has never been so wide. Dark and edgy, deliciously naughty, an intoxicating cocktail of sex and the search for love, "Shanghai Baby has already risen to cult status in mainland China. The risque contents of the breakthrough novel by hip new author Wei Hui have so alarmed Beijing authorities that thousands of copies have been confiscated and burned. As explicit as Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Shanghai Baby | Wei Hui. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.
