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Wei Hui


Born
in Ningbo, China
January 04, 1973


Zhou Weihui (simplified Chinese: 周卫慧; traditional Chinese: 周衛慧) is a Chinese writer, living and working in Shanghai and New York. She is known in the West also as "Wei Hui".

Her novel Shanghai Baby (2000) was banned in the People's Republic of China as "decadent". Her latest novel Marrying Buddha (2005) was censored, modified and published in China under a modified title.

Wei Hui has been regarded by international media as a spokeswoman of the new generation of Chinese young women. She has presented her work in a large number of Western publications, including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, the BBC, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Economist, Stern, Welt am Sonntag, The Asahi Shimbun, NHK, Yomiuri Shimbun, ...more

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Average rating: 3.24 · 5,817 ratings · 520 reviews · 57 distinct works • Similar authors
Shanghai Baby
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Marrying Buddha
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Điên cuồng như Vệ Tuệ
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“Crazy people are considered mad by the rest of the society only because their intelligence isn't understood.”
― Wei Hui
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“Her life was like a burst of wild, flowing Chinese calligraphy, written under the influence of alcohol.”
― Wei Hui, Shanghai Baby
tags: art, beauty, danger, life, love, sex, wild
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“Kissing with the tip of the tongue is like ice-cream melting. It was he who taught me that a kiss has a soul and colour of its own.”
― Wei Hui, Shanghai Baby
tags: kissing, love, romance, soul
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