Dear Hong Kong

An Elegy For A City: Penguin Specials

Xu Xi

$17.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Penguin
01 July 2017

Memoirs; History; Asian history; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000

Xu Xi's body of work witnesses her turbulent love affair with her home-city of Hong Kong. In this probing memoir, she unravels her recently finalised decision to leave the city for good.

Xu Xi's body of work witnesses her turbulent love affair with her home-city of Hong Kong. In this probing memoir, she unravels her recently finalised decision to leave the city for good. She critiques a Hong Kong that has, in her eyes, lost its way. And yet, it is only out of the city's enduring presence in her life, both in the form of memory and periodic homecomings, that she has carved out a personal and literary identity. Dear Hong Kong is a profound reflection on the life of Hong Kong, personified and interrogated by one of its most lucid writers.

By: Xu Xi
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 111mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 107g
ISBN: 9780734399380
ISBN 10: 0734399383
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 01 July 2017
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Xu Xi is a novelist, short story writer and author of creative non-fiction based in Hong Kong and New York. She addresses issues of the Chinese family, diaspora and contemporary transnational life in her work. She has won an O. Henry Prize and has been shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.

Reviews for Dear Hong Kong: An Elegy For A City: Penguin Specials

""One of [Hong Kong]'s pioneering English authors."" --CNN ""Her transnational background gives her insights into the impact that shifting geopolitics and intertwining cultures have on individual lives."" --Asia Literary Review ""Xu Xi is undoubtedly one of Hong Kong's foremost English language writers."" --Cha Asian Literary Journal