My City: a hongkong story
My City: a hongkong story
By Xi Xi
Translated by Eva Hung
2020 (reprint), 1993
xvii + 180 pages
ISBN 978-962-7255-11-6
Xi Xi is Hong Kong's foremost woman writer, and My City: a hongkong story is one of her best novels. Written in the 1970s, My City presents life in this vibrant city through the eyes of its young protagonists. It was a time of tremendous growth for the territory not only in economic terms, but more significantly in terms of local self-confidence and the forging of a Hong Kong identity. It was also a time in which political and social problems which plague Hong Kong to this day came to the fore—the influx of Chinese and Vietnamese refugees, and the shadow of China. My City is also notable for the author's experimentation with the Chinese language. She creates a deceptively childlike narrative—rare in Chinese fiction—which allows her to weave a variety of linguistic registers into a fresh tapestry rich in local colour. Seldom has a writer captured the spirit of a generation with such apparent simplicity and ease.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Translator's Introduction — vii
My City — 1
Review(s)
Review(s)
'The very first to depict Hong Kong from a fresh … human and emotional point of view … a place to live, to work, and to have fun; and for some, there are not many places in the world that can replace Hong Kong.'
—World Literature Today
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TRANSLATOR(s)
Eva Hung, the translator, was born and educated in Hong Kong. She received her B.A. and M.Phil. degrees in translation from the University of Hong Kong and her Ph.D. from the University of London.