A couple days ago I posted a review of Elsie Sze's new novel, Ghost Cave: a novel of Sarawak (Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society, 2014). Not only is this a fabulous historical novel, but it was also the winner of the inaugural Saphira Prize in 2013. Elsie has so graciously … [Read more...]
Karen Ma
Earlier this year, I reviewed Karen Ma's novel, Excess Baggage (China Books, 2013), an eye-opening story about Chinese immigrants in Japan in the early 1990s. Her book really hit home for me because I knew a Chinese professor who went to Japan around the same time and really … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Ghost Cave: a novel of Sarawak
Many years ago I traveled with my mother to Sarawak, the Malaysian part of Borneo. On that trip I learned a little about the history of Sarawak. For starters, it was ruled by the White Rajahs, a long line of British men by the surname of Brooke, for over 100 years. Sarawak also … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Borrowed Place, Borrowed Time
My friend Janet recently sent me a book from the fabulous Swindon bookstore in Hong Kong. It's Richard Hughes' Borrowed Place, Borrowed Time: Hong Kong and Its Many Faces (Andre Deutsch, 1976). And boy is it a gem!I love history, especially when it pertains to Hong Kong. And … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Excess Baggage
There are some books that just speak to me. Karen Ma's debut novel, Excess Baggage (China Books, 2013) does just that.In the early 1960s, a woman named Yan has a chance to follow her husband Yiwen to Hong Kong from northern China. The catch is that she can only take two of … [Read more...]
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