Publicly burned in China for its sensual nature and irreverent style, this novel
is the semi-autobiographical story of Coco, a cafe waitress, who is full of ent
husiasm and impatience for life. She meets a young man, Tian Tian, for whom she
feels tenderness and love, but he is reclusive, impotent and an increasing user
of drugs. Despite parental objections, Coco moves in with him, leaves her job an
d throws herself into writing.
