Shanghailanders: A Novel

A dazzling and ambitious debut novel that follows a cosmopolitan Shanghai household backward in time--beginning in 2040 and moving through our present and the recent past--exploring their secrets, their losses, and the ways a family makes and remakes itself across the years.

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Published May 7, 2024

288 pages

Average rating: 6.67

6 RATINGS

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shawnvirgo
Sep 06, 2025
5/10 stars
This book was very simply disjointed. I felt that the main characters were not relatable or likable. There was never any sense of place even though the book description led you to belief there would be. The book felt hollow and without any soul. A disappointment for sure.

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