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City at the End of Time : Poems by Leung Ping-Kwan

Author :  Ping Leung

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Country
Hong Kong
Publisher
Hong Kong University Press,Hongkong
ISBN 9789888139361
Format PaperBack
Language English & Chinese
Year of Publication 2012
Bib. Info 272 p.; 5.5x8.5
Categories Hong Kong / Literary Studies
Product Weight 354 gms.
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Written by Leung Ping-kwan in the 1980s and 1990s, this volume of poetry evokes the complexity of Hong Kong city life in the critical moments preceding the 1997 handover. The poet muses upon the problems of cultural identity and the passing of time, and explores the relationship between poetry and other genres and media within a cross-cultural and cross-border context. An introduction by Ackbar Abbas in the original edition relates Leung’s writing to the cultural and political space of Hong Kong in the 1990s. This expanded bilingual version adds a new essay by Esther Cheung, and also a recent conversation between Leung and three critics, which provides insights on how Leung’s poetry still resonates powerfully after two decades. The book invites readers to look afresh at Leung’s meditative poetry and probe into the contradictory realities of this changing postcolonial city.

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