Islands and Continents: Short Stories by Leung Ping-kwan

Contents

v Foreword: ‘PK’ Foreword: ‘PK’ vii John Minford Acknowledgements xix Transcendence and the Fax Machine 1 Translated by Jeanne Tai The Romance of the Rib 11 Translated by Shirley Poon and Robert Neather The Dentists on the Avenida de la Revolución 21 Translated by Brian Holton and Agnes Hung-chong Chan Postcards from Prague 39 Translated by Tong Man, Jasmine Borders 43 Translated by Shuang Shen Islands and Continents 67 Translated by Caroline Mason Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart 91 Translated by Chan Wing Sze and John Minford Afterword: Writer’s Jetlag 117 Translated by John Minford and Agnes Hung-chong Chan Contributors’ Biographical Notes 127 Contents vi Short Stories by Leung Ping-kwan ...