Shanghai Baby
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743464772 (074346477X)
Publish date: August 8th 2002
Publisher: Atria Books
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Romance,
Drama,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Sexuality,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
China,
Chinese Literature
I got this because "It was like [book: The Lover]", and I liked that book, so "I would like this one, too."I can't say I really... liked it. I can't say it was just ok either; it's somewhere in between, and to be fair, I never went past half the book. The part I read wasn't all that bad, but it felt...
why is this book so hated? 3.21 according to GR statistics makes it one of the most despised books on the website...Shanghai Baby was famously banned in China, and although failing to reach any huge level of greatness, clearly illustrates the character's self-centred after-every-expat nature. but th...
Crap. Self-indulgent, narcissistic, unabashedly ignorant, poorly written crap. It's a shame that Chinese literature is being represented by such an atrocious wanna-be.
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