City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong Kong (Modern Chinese Literature from Taiwan) |
Shih Shu-Ching, Howard Goldblatt (Translator), Sylvia Li-Chun Lin (Translator) ISBN: 0231134568 (Modern Chinese Literature from...(read more) |
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For the Record and Other Poems of Hong Kong: AND Other Poems of Hong Kong |
Gillian Bickley ISBN: 9628557025 This collection of sixty poems has been written during almost thirty years' residence in Hong Kong. Most are on explicitly Hong Kong topics, and reflect the writer's personal experience and knowledge of Hong Kong, as well as presenting more...(read more) |
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Fragrant Harbour |
John Lanchester ISBN: 057121469X Fragrant Harbour is the story of four people whose intertwined lives span Asia's last seventy years. Tom Stewart leaves England to seek his fortune, and finds it in running Hong Kong's best hotel. Sister Maria is a beautiful and uncompromising Chinese...(read more) |
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Hong Kong |
Stephen Coonts ISBN: 0752844008 (A Jake Grafton Novel) The US Consul-General in Hong Kong, Virgil 'Tiger' Cole, was Jake Grafton's bombardier-navigator during the Vietnam War, and both have come a long way since: Grafton has risen to Rear Admiral, commanding a US aircraft carrier;...(read more) |
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Moving House and Other Poems from Hong Kong: With an Essay on New Hong Kong English Language Poetry |
Gillian Bickley ISBN: 962855705X (Paperback) "Moving House and other Poems from Hong Kong" was prompted by happenings and thoughts at a time of change. The poems connect new with earlier events, sights, ideas and information, and draw on both urban and rural environments....(read more) |
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Night of Many Dreams |
Gail Tsukiyama ISBN: 0312199406 Emma and Joan are the two daughters of the Lew family, coming of age during and after World War II. Joan hopes for a traditional family life, but begins a career as a Chinese film actress. Emma sets her sights on an artistic life in San Francisco, only...(read more) |
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Noble House: A Novel of Contemporary Hong Kong |
James Clavell ISBN: 0440164842 Sorry - no summary available. |
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Return to Hong Kong |
Irene Jones ISBN: 1420827839 This book is fictional. It is written from the creative imagination of the author whose years living and working in Hong Kong gave her the ideas for the characters and plot of this novel. There were three women in Dan Goldwell's life: his ailing wife...(read more) |
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Tai-Pan (Asian saga) |
James Clavell ISBN: 0340750693 Sorry - no summary available. |
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The Monkey King |
Timothy Mo ISBN: 0952419378 Timothy Mo's insider's account of a dysfunctional family living in colonial Hong Kong. |
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