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上海寶貝

Wei Hui

2001256 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2001
first published
  • 2001Pocket Books · ENGISBN 9780965437356
  • 2001Pocket Books · 258 pages · ENGISBN 9780743225168
  • 2001Pocket Books · 263 pages · ENGISBN 9780743421560
  • 2002Washington Square Press · 272 pages · ENGISBN 9780743421577
  • 2003Constable and Robinson · 256 pagesISBN 9781841196848
  • 2001French & European Pubns · 340 pagesISBN 9782877305396
  • 2001Constable and Robinson · 279 pages · ENGISBN 9781841193618
  • 2001Washington Square PressISBN 9780743424158

"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 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."--BOOK JACKET.

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