Spectacularly successful debut novel, a page-turner, clear and forceful, intricate and gripping, sensitive and utterly convincing, dry, delicious humor.
Spectacularly successful debut novel, a page-turner, clear and forceful, intricate and gripping, sensitive and utterly convincing, dry, delicious humor.
Yue Tao is a novelist, essayist, business storyteller, and intercultural trainer. Born and raised in Shanghai, she has lived in Amsterdam since 2000. Her articles and stories appear in English and Chinese newspapers, magazines, and multimedia.
Shanghai Blue (World Editions, 2015) is Yue Tao's debut novel. It is also available in Chinese 红蟋蟀 (Flower City Publishing House, 2012) and Dutch Schemering boven Shanghai (Uitgeverij De Geus, 2015). Yue Tao's second novel 一夜之差 is released in China in January 2019.
With the intricate suspense and tension of a thriller plus the unpredictability and uninhibited disclosure of a modern love story, this is a novel to enjoy. - Yen-Ming Chiu, author of Holland Pastoral Idyll, Following Van Gogh’s Footprints, and other books
A brilliant debut on the ties that bind in fast-changing Shanghai.