Her second semi-autobiographical novel of desire and lust in a new city far
from China... According to the author, Marrying Buddha is the continuation of
her first novel Shanghai Baby, the international bestseller which was banned in
China and catapulted her to fame and notoriety in the country of her birth. As
in Shanghai Baby, the protagonist is Coco, a young successful female novelist
who decides to leave Shanghai for New York. Coco embarks on the next leg of
life's journey, a road that leads her through love, desire, and spiritual
awakening. In Manhattan she meets Muju. Muju and Coco share a deep, intense
passion, experimenting and exploring their desires at every available
opportunity. But into this relationship enters glamorous, wealthy and
impossibly urbane New Yorker Nick. And when as a result her relationship with
Muju is threatened, Coco returns to China, to the tiny temple-studded island of
Putu, the place of her birth. It is on Mount Putu where Coco finds some inner
peace - but once back in Shanghai she is visited by both Muju and Nick and is
once again caught up in the intensity and passion of the two relationships.; After both men leave Coco discovers she is pregnant, but has no idea of
whether it is Muju or Nick who is the father...
