Hong Kong is known as a place of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that now exists at the margins of an ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents rallyβoften in vainβagainst threats to their fundamental freedoms. But it is also misunderstood, and often romanticiz
Ghost Songs: A Memoir
- Publisher
- Tin House Books
- Category
- Fiction
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