City of the queen
Subtitle: a novel of colonial Hong Kong
By: Shih Shu-ching ; translated from the Chinese by Sylvia Li-chun Lin and Howard Goldblatt
Contributors: Lin, Sylvia Li-chun; Goldblatt, Howard, 1939-
Series: Modern Chinese literature from Taiwan
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Hong Kong (China) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Xianggang san bu qu.
Description: After having been kidnapped from her home Huang, a young Chinese girl is sold into the prostitution trade in Hong Kong. Despite these cruel beginngs she survives and prospers to become a wealthy landowner. The novel also follows the lives of other family members and generations, giving us a broad look at Chinese and British cultures and colonialism.