City Voices: Contemporary Hong Kong Voices in English

City Voices is the first showcase of postwar Hong Kong literature originating in English. Fiction, poetry, essays and memoirs from more than 70 authors are featured to demonstrate the rich variety and vitality of the city’s literary production. Together with work from established authors, both bilingual writers who choose to write in English and expatriate authors who have made Hong Kong their home, a section of ‘New Voices’ introduces the work of unknown and young writers who are part of today’s surge of new creativity. Foreword / Louise Ho -- Writing On The Margin: Hong Kong English Poetry, Fiction And Creative Non-fiction / Mike Ingham -- From And Of The City Of Hong Kong / Xu Xi -- Prose -- Novel Excerpts -- A Many Splendored Thing (1952) / Han Suyin -- The World Of Suzie Wong (1957) / Richard Mason -- Kampoon Street (1964) / Lin Tai-yi -- The Virgin Market (1965) / C.y. Lee -- The Chinese Box (1975) / Christopher New -- The Monkey King (1978) / Timothy Mo -- Running Dog (1980) / Lee Ding Fai -- Sour Sweet (1982) / Timothy Mo -- Struggle Of A Hong Kong Girl (1986) / Lily Chan -- A Change Of Flag (1990) / Christopher New -- The Iron Tree (1993) / Martin Booth -- A Chinese Wedding (1994) / Simon Elegant -- Asian Values (1996) / Nury Vittachi -- Hong Kong Rose (1997) / Xu Xi -- Two Thousand And Beyond -- All The King's Women (2000) / Mimi Chan -- Renegade Or Halo[superscript 2] (2000) / Timothy Mo -- The Unwalled City (2001) / Xu Xi -- Short Stories -- The Thrush And The Snail (1980) -- The Captain (1980) / Rodney Davey -- Lost River (1990) -- Red, Amber, Green (1990) -- The Cocktail Party (1996) / David T.k. Wong -- Valediction (1996) / Xu Xi -- A Final Appeal--three Weddings At Tuen Mun (1996) / Yang Yi Lung (john D. Young) -- Lau The Tailor (1998) / Charles Philip Martin -- Transcript T/23-098076/89 (1999) / Simon Elegant -- The One-legged Rickshaw Boy (1999) / Lawrence Gray -- The Catholic All-star Chess Team (2000) / Alex Kuo -- Mysterious Properties (2000) / Nury Vittachi. Edited By Xu Xi And Mike Ingham ; With A Foreword By Louise Ho. Includes Bibliographical References. ‘Hong Kong has a soul and this anthology proves it.'‘City Voices has poignant, gorgeous, stunning, disturbing, exhilarating writing.'City Voices is the first showcase of postwar Hong Kong literature originating in English. Fiction, poetry, essays and memoirs from more than 70 authors are featured to demonstrate ‘the rich variety and vitality of the city's literary production'. Together with work from established authors, both bilingual writers who choose to write in English and expatriate authors who have made Hong Kong their home, a section of ‘New Voices'introduces the work of unknown and young writers who are part of today's surge of new creativity. City Voices......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 14 Acknowledgements......Page 16 Writing on the Margin: Hong Kong English Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction......Page 18 From and of the City of Hong Kong......Page 34 PROSE......Page 44 NOVEL EXCERPTS......Page 45 SHORT STORIES......Page 115 ESSAYS......Page 221 MEMOIR EXCERPTS......Page 238 POETRY......Page 256 NEW VOICES......Page 366 PROSE......Page 367 POETEY......Page 402 References for Selections......Page 412