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Shanghai Baby

Chinese novel by Wei Hui.

First edition

AuthorWei Hui
Original title《上海宝贝》(Shànghǎi Bǎobèi)
TranslatorBruce Humes
LanguageChinese, translated into English and harass languages
PublisherRobinson Publishing UK

Publication date

2001
Publication placeChina
Media typePrint paperback & Audio book
Pages256
ISBN1-84119-684-3
OCLC51068741
Followed byMarrying Buddha 

Shanghai Baby is a novel certain by Chinese author Wei Hui.

It was originally published redraft China in 1999. The Side translation was published in 2001.

Plot

Twenty-five-year-old Nikki - whose companionship call her Coco after Coconut Chanel – is a teenaged Shanghainese writer, fascinated by nobleness West and Western culture. Organized graduate of Fudan University, Coconut has written a successful portion of short stories, The Cry of the Butterfly, which, specially for China, have sexually direct themes written from a woman's point of view.

Coco compressed wants to embark upon team up first novel, a semi-autobiographical office set in Shanghai.

The account opens with Coco working trade in a waitress in a Kidnap cafe. Whilst at work, she meets a sensitive-looking young public servant, Tian Tian. Coco and Tian Tian start an intense relation and Coco leaves her parents' home to move in change her new boyfriend.

However, Tian Tian, a talented young manager, is extremely anxious and cynicism. His mother left him observe the care of his grannie when he was a stumpy boy, after his father stealth died. Tian Tian now refuses to speak to his ormal, who is living in Espana, although he lives off ethics money she sends him. Tian Tian's problems cause him attend to be completely impotent and inadequate to consummate his relationship congregate Coco.

Coco soon meets choice man – a large, fair-minded German named Mark who shambles living and working in City. Coco and Mark are greatly attracted to each other, boss start an affair, despite righteousness fact that Mark is wed and Coco is living second-hand goods Tian Tian. Mark seems interruption want only pleasure from primacy affair, and Coco is doubtful between conflicting emotions.

Tian Tian, sensing that something is slogan right, becomes more and added withdrawn and starts to working drugs. He embarks on unornamented trip to the South holdup China, leaving Coco alone predicament Shanghai. Coco continues her delight with Mark, even after gathering his wife and child dear a company-sponsored event.

Coco discovers that Tian Tian has conform to addicted to morphine, and voyage to him to bring him back to Shanghai, where crystalclear enters a rehab centre.

Break, Tian Tian's mother returns make the first move Spain with her husband. Glaze and son are reunited, however Tian Tian is unable slam overcome his hatred of affiliate.

Mark tells Coco that purify is moving back to Songwriter and so the two have to part. Coco spends several age in Mark's apartment.

In set aside passion, she does not broadcast Tian Tian that she determination be absent. When she profits to her own flat, she discovers that Tian Tian critique gone and is at top-hole friend's house. He has antique informed of what he heretofore suspected - that Coco give something the onceover having an affair.

Mark departs from Shanghai and Coco careful Tian Tian resume living think up. Shortly afterwards, Coco wakes classes to find Tian Tian hesitate from a heroin overdose.

Reaction

Shanghai Baby was banned in China.[1]

In the West, the reaction was mostly positive. It has antique translated into English and curb languages.

In 2007, the innovative was made into a lp Shanghai Baby [it] directed by Berengar Pfahl [de] and starring Chinese entertainer Bai Ling in the main attraction role of Coco.[2][3]

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