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Islands and Continents: Short Stories by Leung Ping-kwan

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Edited by John Minford ,Brian Holton ,Agnes Hung-chong Chan
2007
Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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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.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Frontmatter

Contents

pp. v

Foreword 'PK'

pp. vii-xviii

Acknowledgements

pp. xix-xx

Transcendence and the Fax Machine

pp. 1-9

The Romance of the Rib

pp. 11-19

The Dentists on the Avenida de la Revoluci

pp. 21-38

Postcards from Prague

pp. 39-42

Borders

pp. 43-65

Islands and Continents

pp. 67-90

Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart

pp. 91-115

Afterword - Writer’s Jetlag1

pp. 117-125

Contributors’ Biographical Notes

pp. 127-129
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