HKRB Essays: The Recovering
Ed Simon thinks through the spiritual malady of addiction in this review essay of Leslie Jamison’s memoir.
HONG KONG REVIEW OF BOOKS 香港書評
Critical Theory, Philosophy, Literature – Reviews, Essays, Interviews
The World in Guangzhou
Emily Chow reviews Gordon Mathews’s ethnographic portrait of the lives of sub-Saharan Africans in Guangzhou.
Non-Existent Facts
Nathan Hoks reviews a collection of poetry that is both riotously funny and artfully devious.
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.
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.
