To Pierce the Material Screen:
An Anthology of 20th-Century Hong Kong Literature

Contents Eva Hung—Room to Let: Anthologizing Hong Kong Literature 1. Familiar Marvels Liu Yichang: Chain Gao Xiong: Two Decades of Hong Kong Oddities (excerpts) Ni Kuang: Antiques Alley: A Ge-Ware Incense Burner with 'Flying' Handles and Six Legs in Crackled Fenqing Glaze Liu Yichang: Wrong Number Xi Xi: Marvels of A Floating City 2. Folks Next Door Lü Lun: The Lottery Ticket Yi Shu: Homecoming Virginia Suk Yin Ng: Father Lü Qi Shi: Air Granny Chan Wai Ying: Tied Together by Fate Chan Hay Ching: You and Your Father and Your Mother 3. Shadowlands Wu Xubin: The Sea Peng Cao: The Red Horse Xi Xi: A Girl Like Me Chan Po Chun: Beginnings and Endings Wong Pok: Topic of Conversation Ngan Shun Kau: The Censure of Heaven 4. Seasons of the Heart Zi Ren: Long Corridor, Short Song Sharon Hiu Ieong Chung: Greensleeves Xin Qi Shi: Missing Person Patsy Lai Shan Kwan: The Angel and the Angel's Halo Wong Bik Wan: Plenty and Sorrow Dung Kai Cheung: The Rise and Fall of Wing Shing Street Notes on Authors Notes on Translators

Volume II: Essays & Poetry

Contents 1. History's Alleyways Yin Jiang: A Spell Huang Lu: Hawkers of Olives Lu Yi Shi: Song on a Rainy Day Fan Sin Piu: Passing My Father's Old Shop Tao Jie: The Rings of a Tree Han Mu: On this Land there once Lived Yip Fai: The Old Chap in the Shop of Paper Effigies Du Du: Going to the Movies Stephen Soong: Trite Language Xia Guo: The Emotional Appeal of Wonton Noodles Xiao Si: A History in Books 2. Local Habitations Li Yuzhong: In the City, the Month of May Shu Xiang Cheng: Cable Car on Victoria Peak Margaret Ng: A Place of One's Own Xiao Si: Night Market Tang Da Jiang: Having Tea Wu Yin Ching: High Street Choi Chi Fung: Sleepwalk in the Suburbs Ma Kwok Ming: My Childhood in Tsuen Wan (excerpts) Chan Chi Tak: Boat and Home DEL: The Eight-thirty Train 3. Distant Vistas Liu Mu Xia: Skyscraper Joseph S. M. Lau: Potato-eating Days (excerpts) Gu Cangwu: Seeing Snow the Second Time Wan Kin Lau: Sunday, Overcast Yu Feng: The Kite Chan Siu Wah: White Hair Qiu Cheng: Return Tsai Yim Pui: Decathlon 4. China • China Chen Jiangfan: Eventide Li Kuang: Doors He Da: The Times Ronald P. Mar: The Prodigal Sons who Burnt their Harps Kun Nan: Hail, the Steeds of Legend Ji Hun: Loss Dai Tian: The Story of the Stone Yuan Yuan: Good Work Undone Tsai Yim Pui: Six Martyrs Wong Pok: On Forbearance 5. Third Side of the Strait Xu Su: Reading History Plays Xu Xu: Freedom Not to Speak Yu Kwang-chung: The Kowloon-Canton Railway Laurence Wong: I Fear I May Grow Old before Frost Fall Dong Qiao: This Generation Lau Wai Shing: On Passing by Train through Tangshan Chung Wai Man: Conch Shells in the Mist Chan Chi Tak: Flag Li Yue: Sacred Territory 6. 1997 Ah Lian: If I Had Roots Too Ha Gong: The Legalization of Rape Ha Gong: Getting High Ji Hun: I'm Afraid I'll Fall Asleep Before Dawn Cheung Siu Por: Refused Entry to Peking University Cheung Siu Por: Ears Pressed to Echo Wall Chang Chak Yan: A Tale of Tangled Lines Chan Chi Wa: Images of Hong Kong in the Tourist Association's Publicity Films 7. Of Life and Living Shu Xiang Cheng: Ten Lines Cao Juren: Having Drifted over the Sea of Life (excerpts) Wong Man: Obdurate Si Guo: Unemployed Lau Wai Shing: A Moth in the Strip Light Hui Tik Cheung: Falling Chung Ling Ling: Those Aches and Pains Wong Leung Wo: At Midnight, I Saw your Little Shoes Hanging at the Bathroom Window”Što Ying-ying Yin Jiang: Flying Ants over Water Xi Xi: Elegy for a Breast (excerpts) Tang Siu Wa: Stilled 8. Fairground Mirrors Ou Wai Ou: Love Takes a Bus San Su: Paying One's Last Respects is Both a Source of Anguish for the Living and an Insult to the Dead Chai Wa Wa: True Confession Wang Ting Zhi: Support the Construction of Daya Bay Nuclear Plant Xiao Xi: 'You Don't Want Roses' Zhang Wenda: I'm All for Fox Fairies Gaylord Kai Loh Leung: Homage to the Toilet Xiang Zhuang: The Overdevelopment of Language 9. A Grain of Sand Yin Han: A Small Fish Hung Chi: The Stewed-Pork Vendor P. K. Leung: Not Just Another New Year's Painting Wu Yin Ching: Garment Reading Huang Canran: Loneliness Chan Tak Kam: Blind Fortune-tellers P. K. Leung: Bittermelon Fan Sin Piu: Afternoon Anxieties Liu Wai Tong: To a Young Lady in an MTR Train Lee Ying Ho: No Exit 10. All are Written unto Me Huang Canran: 'Who am I?' Heather Tu: The Witch's Song Yip Fai: The Nut in a Drawer Heather Tu: Denial of the Flesh Xu Su: Giving up Smoking Zhao Tao: My Life with Mirrors Gu Cangwu: On the Tower Ho Fuk Yan: Letter Writing Wong Leung Wo: Still Unborn Notes on Authors Notes on Translators

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