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The Potato Eaters of Shanghai

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The Potato Eaters of Shanghai

Von: M. Joakim Eriksson
Gesprochen von: M. Joakim Eriksson
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The Potato Eaters of Shanghai describes the upheaval and aftermath of President Xi Jinping’s consolidation of Chinese political power. Through a lens of his own identity confusion, M. Joakim Eriksson examines the events and culture of the era—including office life, day-to-day experiences of political corruption, and the invention of New Pork.

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This had Shanghai in the title and I lived there, so naturally I had to spend my audible coins on this. So I knew nothing about this book, apart from the title and the cover. I was intrigued. It also doesn't help that I have a friend with a similar name that I spent time with in Shanghai.

So the book. It's an adventure. It's surreal. If I should describe it, then it would be "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" mixed with esoteric (and fun) ideas, and China, communism, business and Xi Jinping. It's wild!

The audiobook is read by the author. I listened to it at 1.2 speed, as I was driving and need a tad more speed to have my attention there. Great experience.

Joakim is a Swede and his parents leave him in Shanghai, after they grew up in China. They have to leave because another type of foreigner is needed in the Xi Jinping era (actually fewer foreigners in general). Sprinkled throughout the book are actually little headlines I happened to follow: New Pork, the weird bus that hovers over traffic and drives above the cars, the pandemic and more. Joakim and friends try to build a company. After an alcohol binge in a bar with his best friend from Xinjiang, they get visited by a weird dude that invites them to take part in a once in a lifetime opportunity to "try out new forms of government"? Yeah, that was weird. Weirdness becomes the middle name of that book. The potato eaters, are swedes that grew potatoes in China, and they lived off of them for years. They also have rituals with a potato baby to ward off bad luck. Drugs are there and the swimmer below. Drug trips, deals and happenings are getting weirder and weirder.

I don't know. I admire the creativity and weirdness that Joakim unashamed blasts through in this book. Not only that, but I saw Shanghai at times, I recognised places and smiled at the weirdness of the Swedes (and actually all foreigners in this book). It's a great move to project the weirdness we sometimes might feel living in China on our own culture. Aren't we all weird?

This is not a contemporary story about a foreigner in Shanghai and potato eaters. It is a wild trip. Surreal. Odd. Fascinating.

I had a blast!

Such a wild ride

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