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Hong Kong ID:
Stories from the City’s Hidden
Writers
Dania Shawwa, Editor
Nineteen
original writers give shape to questions of place and belonging
through these memorable tales set in Hong Kong. Featuring stories by Hong Kong writers Roseanne Thong, Mimi Chan, Winsome Lane, Mani Rao and Lawrence Gray, among others.
Families; illegal immigrants;
dispossessed youth; Sikh security guards; pampered housewives;
expatriate executives; Filipino maids; property speculators;
political activists; down-and-out heirs; couples in love or
out of it—these are a few of the vivid subjects the
reader will enjoy. All try to make sense of their lives, relationships
and environment, with more than a few surprising results.
A keynote epilogue tops off this unique
collection. Itinerant author Xu Xi explores the challenge
for a modern, bi-ethnic writer in trying to find the right
language for fiction—particularly in the face of cultural
mutations that seem to be leaving ‘standard’ English
far behind.
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