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The Book of Shanghai : A City in Short Fiction, Paperback / softback Book

The Book of Shanghai : A City in Short Fiction Paperback / softback

Edited by Jin Li

Part of the Reading the City series

Paperback / softback

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The characters in this literary exploration of one of the world's biggest cities are all on a mission.

Whether it is responding to events around them, or following some impulse of their own, they are defined by their determination - a refusal to lose themselves in a city that might otherwise leave them anonymous, disconnected, alone.

From the neglected mother whose side-hustle in collecting sellable waste becomes an obsession, to the schoolboy determined to end a long-standing feud between his family and another, the characters in The Book of Shanghai show a defiance that reminds us why Shanghai - despite its hurtling economic growth -remains an epicentre for individual creativity.

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