A Hong Kong Story - Part I Getting Lost
From my serialized novel that accompanies the Truth in Fiction season of The Matterhorn podcast
A Hong Kong Story is a work of fiction. You can check out a short preview in the Table of Contents below. I’ll use today’s short framing post as a catalyst for my podcast on Tuesday, including a reading of the poem in Cantonese. Thanks for joining me!
A juxtaposition of Ivy’s solitary navigation with Hong Kong's journey in the 2010's. A story about divergence, culture, and love. What do you do when the future’s suddenly unclear?
Dedication
For Matt & Buzz.
And for all the Hongkongers, everywhere.
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Part I: Getting Lost
sometimes I go to the hill to watch rocks
try to be as strong as them
life is a series of hammering
too many blocks, too many smash-ups
I’m the odd stone out
sometimes wishing I could just melt
sometimes wishing to fly
Leung Ping Kwan, “midday, Quarry Bay”1
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Quarry Bay
The bleeding came one day and wouldn’t stop.
[to be continued next week - Quarry Bay (i)]
Join me Tuesday for a podcast about layering fiction in a discussion of framing and openings with examples from a bunch of great books. Spaces & Places will focus on Hong Kong Topography. Thanks for reading!
excerpt, pp. 73-5 Amblings, June 1974 - full English translation available on Hong Kong Memory
Had I know we could have grabbed a coffee in 2009! 😅 As for more HK pics, there are some on Getty and Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/gp/ihad/474xt0mhEe) Never been to Basel. Maybe one day!
"And for all the Hongkongers, everywhere." made me think of "Dear Future Children" A strong documentary. One segment is on HK, interviews with an activist in exile. They were filming in HK during the protests 2019/20. Not the HK I remember from my 2009 visit. Sadly.
Looking forward to reading more and seeing more images from this 2010 journey, though!