by Wei Hui · Columna CAT · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466402279
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«Shanghai Baby» is the contemporary novel by Wei Hui, published by Columna CAT in paperback and in Catalan.
Coco, an aspiring writer, is torn between her love for Tiantian and an intense relationship with Mark, a married foreign executive. Set in a transforming Shanghai, the novel explores desire, identity and social liberalisation. Banned in China for its taboo subjects, it became a cultural phenomenon and a generational reference.
Shanghai Baby is a semi-autobiographical work originally published in 1999. The translation by Víctor Aldea Lorente was published in the Clàssica collection.
Aimed at readers of contemporary fiction seeking an urban story about identity, desire and social transformation.
Zhou Wei Hui, known simply by her Chinese given name Wei Hui, is a Chinese novelist, living and working in Shanghai and New York City. Her novel Shanghai Baby (上海宝贝) (1999) was banned in the People's Republic of China as "decadent". Her latest novel Marrying Buddha (我的禅) (2005) was censored, modified and published in China under a modified title. She is often associated with Mian Mian, another slightly older member of the "New Generation".
