Chenxi and the Foreigner

Love in the time of the Tiananmen Square. Anna never imagined living insuch a foreign place. Fresh out of high school she has joined her father whoworks in Sha... » 

Love in the time of the Tiananmen Square. Anna never imagined living insuch a foreign place. Fresh out of high school she has joined her father whoworks in Shanghai. Shes eager to see China beyond the bicyclecrowded streetsbetween their apartment her fathers expatriate community and the art schoolshes attending. Thats why shes thrilled when her father hires a cute local a fellow student named Chenxi to be her translator and guide. Too badAnna seems nothing but trouble for Chenxi. His ideas about art already ranklethe authorities and he could do without the added attention of being with awai guo ren a foreigner. Even so he is intrigued by Annas brashness andthe freedoms she takes for granted. But when Anna turns their friendship towardpassion her actions have consequences that are intensified by a watchfulregime looking to get rid of disruptive artists. Set around the time of the1989 Tiananmen Square massacre and inspired by the authors time spent in Chinaas a teenager Chenxi and the Foreigner crackles with emotion ideas andauthenticity. «