Masturbatory garbage, a review of Shanghai Baby

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2006-06-20 05:37 From: Brendan (Beijing)

a review of Shanghai Baby

A good translation and literary pretensions on the author's part can't change the fact that this book is nothing more than a shallow, pretentious, stupefyingly dull imitation of earlier writers (particularly Mian Mian, whose 糖, 'Candy,' set the template for this genre) who were not all that much to write home about themselves.

The main selling point of this book abroad seems to be that it was Banned In China. Those of us who live here and have even a passing knowledge of the literary scene know that getting banned here is pretty easy - easier, certainly, than writing something of substance, which Wei Hui most certainly has not.

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By Wei Hui

Washington Square Press
ISBN: 0743421574
Release Date: 2002-08-07
Paperback
List Price: USD 13.00

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