Evanescent isles
Subtitle: from my city-village
By: Xu Xi.
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hong Kong
Language: eng
Number of pages: 115
ISBN-13: 9789622099463
Subjects: Xu Xi, -- 1954-; Xu Xi, -- 1954- -- Family; Xu Xi, -- 1954- -- Friends and associates; Hong Kong (China) -- Social life and customs; Hong Kong (China) -- Description and travel
Description: "An unusual book of quirky essays, some deeply personal. Xu Xi writes from within, of Hong Kong's vanishing culture and sensibility as it transforms itself into a space that is 21st Century China. She zooms in on her own life in the city: on family, friends and a professional history as both business executive and author, on moments that offer wry observations of the shifting world around her. She casts her eye on films, pop stars, public transportation, and muses on the political, without losing sight of the distinctly apolitical culture that evolved through a history as the former British colony and Chinese "Special Administrative Region" after the 1997 "handover.""--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-115).