«Verde Shanghai es una novela que apuesta por la libertad en el fondo y en la forma. -Eduardo Antonio Parra Un choque automovil stico da comienzo a la historia de Marina y su alter ego, Xian. La primera tiene una vida dedicada al hogar y a su marido, mientras que Xian es una mujer misteriosa y libre, que encarna la resistencia y los m s profundos deseos de Marina. Verde Shanghai, m s que un caf de chinos, es el umbral donde ambas realidades coexisten y se revelan en libertad. A partir de noticias, cartas y relatos, Marina inicia una b squeda de las m ltiples posibilidades del yo y la identidad que la llevar a descubrir los secretos de su otra personalidad. En estas p ginas el lector encontrar las huellas de otra obra de Cristina Rivera Garza, La guerra no importa, que conforma el universo de Verde Shanghai en una suerte de caleidoscopio que, seg n por donde se le mire, ser el significado y la lectura que se revele. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION"Green Shanghai is a novel that advocates freedom in substance and form." -Eduardo Antonio Parra The story of Marina and her alter ego, Xian, starts with a car crash. While Marina's life is dedicated to taking care of her husband and their home, Xian is enigmatic and free, the embodiment of resistance and of Marina's deepest desires. The border between their realities is Green Shanghai, a caf where the two coexist and can be revealed. Through news, letters and stories, Marina searches for the many facets of ego and identity that lead her to the secret of her other personality. In these pages, the reader will recognize traces of another book by Cristina Rivera Garza, La guerra no importa, which forms the backdrop for Green Shanghai. The result is a kaleidoscope of meanings and the act of reading that reveals them.
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