The People's Republic of Desire: A Novel (P.S.)

An uncensored, eye-opening, and laugh-out-loud funny portrait of modern China as seen through the lives and loves of four professional women in contemporary Beijing. Divorce, oral sex, plastic surgery. Indulging in a Starbucks coffee, admitting to the emotional repercussions of a one-night stand, giggling over watching pornography. These once taboo subjects have become the substance of daily conversations and practices among urban women in contemporary Beijing. It seems that no one remembers what happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989. A cross between Sex and the City and The Joy Luck Club , The People's Republic of Desire follows four sassy gals as they preen and pounce among Beijing's Westernized professional class, exultantly obsessed with brand names, celebrity, and sex. The Washington Post - Jonathan Yardley Annie Wang's second novel written in English has no discernible plot, meanders with no apparent purpose, bears far more resemblance to journalism than to fiction -- yet is interesting, amusing and pertinent. It is very much a book of the moment -- its subject is the "new" China -- and probably it will vanish as soon as the moment does, but it tells us a lot about what's going on right now in the world's most populous and exciting country. It is of considerably more consequence than its actual merits would seem to suggest. Divorce, oral sex, plastic surgery. Indulging in a Starbucks coffee, admitting to the emotional repercussions of a one night stand, giggling over watching pornography. These once taboo subjects and behaviors are now the substance of daily conversations and practices amongst women in contemporary Beijing. The Tiananmen Square uprising has been forgotten.Money and status rule the city. Only two types of people seem to exist: those who admire power and wealth and those who are being admired for their power and wealth.With astonishing emotional insight, Annie Wang reveals this new face of modern China through the interlocking stories of four modern women struggling to define themselves in a society undergoing seismic cultural change. In this landmark novel, Wang paints an arresting portrait of a generation suffocating in desire. For love. For success. For security.For self actualization. And for the most elusive aspiration of all: happiness. Historien om fire frække tøser i Beijing, hvis interesser er mærkevarer, berømtheder og sex Title from ebook title screen (viewed on Apr. 11, 2006).