Chenxi and the Foreigner is a book by Sally Rippin, who's an Australian writer/illustrator of young adult books. Sally spent a lot of her younger years in Asian countries and she draws upon these experiences when writing her books. It is set during the 1989 Protests.
It is April 1989 and eighteen-year-old San Francisco native Anna White is visiting her father in Shanghai. While in Shanghai, Anna, who is an artist, will learn traditional Chinese painting. One of Anna's classmates at the Shanghai College of Fine Arts, Chenxi, has been assigned as her translator and tour guide. Anna falls head over heels in love with the handsome, mysterious, and talented Chenxi.
I haven't read it yet, but it would be an interesting read. Another westerner writing asian stories, although the reader is assured that
China is never exoticized.
For a full review of the book and the author
click here.
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