Collected Hong Kong Stories [Paperback]

David T. K. Wong sends us on exciting journeys between East and West and challenges our perceptions of what has been gained and what could be lost in the process ... An exceptional read.David T. K. Wong is an exceptionally fluent writer whose compelling stories cover a wide range of themes. His talent sparkles, inveigles and mesmerizes.Clean, direct and subtly understated... an instinctive grasp of the short-story formula.Fora definitive account of what the people of Hong Kong live by and diefor, look no further than David T. K. Wong. This native son hascaptured the essence of a unique society. A range of characters, frombarmen to laborers, scholars to wealthy businessmen, infuse thesememorable stories with the dreams and concerns of those living in aBritish colony that turned into a special administrative region ofChina.The great HongKong novel is probably still to be written. But for a definitiveaccount of what the people of the city live by and die for, look nofurther than David T. K. Wong.At last a native son hascaptured brilliantly the essence of a unique society. A range ofcharacters, from barmen to laborers, from scholars to wealthybusinessman, infuse these memorable stories with the dreams andconcerns of those living in a British colony turned into a specialadministrative region of China.These stories are carefullycrafted in the grand tradition of O. Henry, Maugham and Saki. Theycan be dipped into and savored over time or devoured in one sitting.But in whichever way they are read, they are filled with insightsinto the soul of one of the greatest cities in the world.David T. K. Wong was born in Hong Kong and has degrees in political science and journalism from Stanford. His short stories have appeared in magazines in the United States, Britain and Asia. Many of his stories have been broadcast by BBC Radio in Britain, RTHK in Hong Kong and other stations in Ireland, Holland and Belgium. He is the founder of the annual David T. K. Wong Fellowship in Creative ls)