Hong Kong on the Brink
Chris Maden reviews Syd Goldsmith’s memoir of his life in Hong Kong around the years of the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
In the Land of Pagodas
Juan Zhong reviews the travelogue of a Frenchman’s journey around China at the turn of the century.
Hong Kong Confidential
Chris Maden reviews the third volume of David T. K. Wong’s memoirs of his life in 1970s Hong Kong.
Noirmania
James Pate reviews Joanna Novak’s work of nyctophilic celebration.
Hong Kong Highs and Lows
Emily Chow reviews a collection of short stories that unfold the various facets of Hong Kong written by writers based in Hong Kong.
Colonial Violence
Matthew Kovac reviews a timely re-examination of the violence that underscored Europe’s imperial and colonial ventures.
The Light in the Dark
Marcel Krueger reviews Horatio Clare’s experience of a haunting winter.
Shard Cinema
Adam Steiner reviews a spiky and kaleidoscopic meditation on the shifting worlds created by glass, and its destruction, in the age of CGI cinema.
