| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 129 pages) |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Contents |
Foreword 'PK'; Acknowledgements; Transcendence and the Fax Machine; The Romance of the Rib; The Dentists on the Avenida de la Revolución; Postcards from Prague; Borders; Islands and Continents; Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart; Afterword -- Writer's Jetlag; Contributors' Biographical Notes. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Language |
Translated from the Chinese. |
| Subject |
Leung, Ping-kwan, 1949-2013 -- Translations into English.
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Leung, Ping-kwan, 1949-2013. (OCoLC)fst01483324
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Short stories, Chinese -- Translations into English.
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Literature.
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Fiction.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Asian -- General.
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Short stories, Chinese. (OCoLC)fst01117143
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Minford, John.
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Holton, Brian.
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Chan, Agnes Hung-Chong.
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| In: |
HKU Press digital editions. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Leung, Ping-kwan, 1949- Islands and continents. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], ©2007 9789622098442 (OCoLC)85692317 |
| ISBN |
9789888052431 (electronic bk.) |
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9888052438 (electronic bk.) |
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