Seduction

By: Annie Wang

Narrated by: Winn Manning

Seduction is a coming-of-age story about an adolescent Chinese male, aloof, proud, and intelligent, and his sexual awakening.

Fei Fei is a freshman at one of China’s elite universities. Though he is a talented student, he prefers to focus his efforts on leisure activities, playing pick-up basketball, shooting the breeze with his classmates, and napping. The only thing his otherwise idyllic life lacks is romance. But Fei Fei is not concerned about that. He feels that girls would take up too much of his time, and he’d rather play sports. At least that is what he thinks before he meets Summer, the object of the freshman class’s desire.

The daughter of high-ranking officials, Summer is equally as aloof as Fei Fei, paying no attention to the gawking of Fei Fei’s pals. She seems only interested in her schoolwork. By chance, Fei Fei one day discovers a dark secret: Summer, in an act of social treason, has been fooling around with an oafish peasant who works in the school cafeteria. With a mixture of disgust and disbelief, Fei Fei finds Summer live in two worlds.

Along the way, Fei Fei is seduced by Summer, giving him his first glimpse into the power and allure of sexuality, and the woman who wields it.

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