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ISLANDS AND CONTINENTS - SHORT STORIES BY LEUNG PING-KWAN
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| By: |
Ping-kwan Leung, John Minford (Editor), Brian Holton |
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Paperback |
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£14.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
9622098444 |
| ISBN 13: |
9789622098442 |
| Publisher: |
HONG KONG UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2007 |
| Pages: |
150 |
| Translated from: |
Chinese |
| Description: |
Presents a personal vision of the city, capturing its poignant ambivalence as a postcolonial territory on the fringe of China. The author offers a gallery of characters, with their shared memories and ties with Hong Kong. He portrays ordinary lives against the background of local history, mingling subtle pathos with realism and humour. |
| Synopsis: |
In this kaleidoscope of stories, translated from the Chinese, P. K. Leung, one of Hong Kong's most celebrated literary figures, presents his personal vision of the city, evoking in his inimitable voice the local and international dimensions of this extraordinary place, capturing its poignant ambivalence as a postcolonial territory on the fringe of China. |
| Publication: |
Hong Kong |
| Imprint: |
Hong Kong University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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