Overleaf Hong Kong
Stories and Essays of the Chinese, Overseas
Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Anthologies
| Author: | Xu Xi | ISBN: | 9789887794899 |
| Publisher: | Signal 8 Press | Publication: | May 12, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Xu Xi |
| ISBN: | 9789887794899 |
| Publisher: | Signal 8 Press |
| Publication: | May 12, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
For the millions of wah kiu or "overseas
Chinese," life in the world beyond China's borders is fraught with the
question of identity. In these stories and essays, written over the past
thirty years, Xu Xi explores the joys, fears, idealism,
disappointments, dreams and lives of the wah kiu. In Overleaf Hong Kong,
she takes us around the globe, from Southeast Asia to Europe to North
America to the Pacific, in her quest to address the problem of all wah
kius -- what does being "Chinese" mean once your ancestors have left the
homeland?
For the millions of wah kiu or "overseas
Chinese," life in the world beyond China's borders is fraught with the
question of identity. In these stories and essays, written over the past
thirty years, Xu Xi explores the joys, fears, idealism,
disappointments, dreams and lives of the wah kiu. In Overleaf Hong Kong,
she takes us around the globe, from Southeast Asia to Europe to North
America to the Pacific, in her quest to address the problem of all wah
kius -- what does being "Chinese" mean once your ancestors have left the
homeland?
