
- 200 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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My Hong Kong
About this book
How was Hong Kong perceived and described by writers from the 1950s during the last colonial period? Was it a British city or was it Chinese? The writers show how different life was for ex-pats ensconced on the Peak and leading a glitzy lifestyle compared to refugees who came pouring into the colony from mainland China and lived in dire poverty in squatter camps. Find out if that East and West ever mingled in My Hong Kong.
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Table of contents
- My Hong Kong
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Copyright Information©
- Acknowledgement
- Preface
- A First Word, Ah Lan: Malcolm Jack
- Chapter 1 Myself A Mandarin: Austin Coates
- Chapter 2 A Many-Splendoured Thing: Han Suyin
- Chapter 3 Gweilo: Martin Booth
- Chapter 4 Diamond Hill: Feng Chi-shun
- Chapter 5 The World of Suzie Wong: Richard Mason
- Chapter 6 Kampoon Street: Lin Tai-yi
- Chapter 7 The Monkey King and Sour Sweet: Timothy Mo
- Chapter 8 The Piano Teacher: Janice Y K Lee
- Chapter 9 The White Ghost Girls: Alice Greenway
- Chapter 10 A Change of Flag: Christopher New
- Chapter 11 Good-Bye Hong Kong: Xu Xi
- Chapter 12 Fragrant Harbour: John Lanchester
- Chapter 13 A Chinese Wedding: Simon Elegant
- Chapter 14 Kowloon Tong: Paul Theroux
- Chapter 15 Hammer and Tong: David T K Wong
- Chapter 16 Atlas of An Imaginary City: Dung Kai-Cheung
- A Last Word Medicine, Music and Archaeology: Solomon Bard
- Bibliography
- Notes