Shanghai Performance

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The renowned performance artist Margot Wincraft collaborates with models worldwide. One day, she unexpectedly accepts an offer from an unknown gallery in Shanghai. Her assistant Luisa is skeptical about the project; she views China as a passé art market and suspects the young gallery owner, who organizes everything for Margot, to be a rival. Compounding her frustration, Luisa's boyfriend has just broken up with her, a consequence of her own reckless infidelities. As Margot begins to behave increasingly strangely in the megacity of Shanghai, Luisa struggles to understand her actions. "Shanghai Performance" is a vibrant novel exploring themes of visibility and identity, art, and a society governed by its own rules. Silke Scheuermann reflects on representations of women in the age of globalization and modern female life paths, weaving a compelling narrative about an "eternal tragedy of guilt."