New Book: Fickle Cityscape: A Discussion on Post-97 Hong Kong Youth Writers’ Fiction. Hong Kong: Chung Hwa Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited
- 2024
- Research/Knowledge Transfer
- Department of Literature and Cultural Studies
Fickle Cityscape: A Discussion on Post-97 Hong Kong Youth Writers’ Fiction marks the first academic monograph on Hong Kong literature by Dr Chau Man-lut, Assistant Professor in the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies. The book focuses on the works of ‘post-1997 Hong Kong young writers’ such as Lawrence Pun, Tse Hiu-hung, Hon Lai-chu, Ho Lo, Lee Wai-yi, and Cheung Yuen-man, who strive to depict the changing urban spaces of the city. The discussions range from Hon Lai-chu’s The Water Pipe Forest (1998) to Ho Lo’s Phantom City (2018), covering a span of approximately 21 years after Hong Kong’s handover to China. During these 21 years of thriving ideas and prolific creativity, these writers have matured from their twenties into their thirties. This book aims to examine how they leverage fiction to express their personal observations and reflections on urban developments since 1997 and present their own ‘My City’ stories.
Dr Chau was interviewed by RTHK in April
Fickle Cityscape: A Discussion on Post-97 Hong Kong Youth Writers’ Fiction
