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Language
  
English

Media type
  
Print (Paperback)

Preceded by
  
Stepper

Originally published
  
2003

Page count
  
447

Publisher
  
Giramondo Publishing

4/5
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Publication date
  
2003

Pages
  
447

Followed by
  
The Garden Book

Author
  
Brian Castro

ISBN
  
0957831188

Country
  
Australia

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Shanghai Dancing is a 2003 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.

Contents

Plot summary

The novel's main character is, like the author, named Castro, living in Australia and hailing from a Chinese and Portuguese background. Antonio Castro is attempting to come to an understanding of his complicated family history, and in particular, about the lives of his parents in Shanghai during the 1930s.

Reviews

  • The Sydney Morning Herald

    • Awards and nominations

  • 2003 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Fiction Prize
  • 2004 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Award for Innovation in Writing
  • 2004 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Christina Stead Prize for Fiction
  • 2004 winner New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Book of the Year
  • 2005 longlisted International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award

    • References

    Shanghai Dancing Wikipedia
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