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From kung-fu to tofu, tea to trade routes, sages to silk, China has influenced cuisine, commerce, military strategy, aesthetics, and philosophy across the world for thousands of years. Chinese history is nothing if not messy. Heroes are also villains; prosperity mingles with violence; cultural vibrancy coexists with censorship and repression. Modern China is seen variously as an economic powerhouse, an icon of urbanization, a propaganda state, and an aggressive superpower seeking world domination.

Whether we’re aware of it or not, we spend much of our time in this globalised world in the act of translation. Language is a big part of it, of course, as anyone who has fumbled with a phrasebook in a foreign country will know, but behind language is something far more challenging to translate: culture. As a traveller, a mistranslation might land you a bowl of who-knows-what when you think you asked for noodles, and mistranslations in international politics can be a few steps from serious trouble.

In dieser sinnlichen Kurzgeschichtensammlung geht es sogar in der Obstabteilung eines Supermarkts heiß her! Die Freundinnen Chantal, Philippa, Helen und Julia treffen sich regelmäßig zum Kaffeeklatsch, um sich über ihre neusten Liebesabenteuer auszutauschen. Die angehende Romanautorin Philippa liest ihnen dabei aus ihren erotischen Geschichten vor, was die Fantasie aller vier Frauen ordentlich beflügelt. So beginnen sie zu erzählen: Von exotischen Liebhabern, feurigen One-Night-Stands und kuriosen Bettgeschichten.