Vague Expectations: Xiao Hong Miscellany reacting to the unique environment

reacting to the unique environment of Hong Kong and its fusion of East and West

98 provides an eclectic mix of poetry

A bilingual format showcases the recent poetry of three generations of Hong Kong poets

Janet Ng's introduction draws comparisons with Western women's experience while making clear the authors' achievements in the development of modern Chinese literature

Vague Expectations: Xiao Hong Miscellany reacting to the unique environmentBy Xiao HongCompiled and translated by Howard Goldblatt2020264 pagesISBN 978 962 7255 47 5 As a novelist, Northeast writer Xiao Hong has few peers. In the introduction to her maiden novel, Lu Xun, for whom praise had to be earned, wrote, Keen observations and an extraordinary writing style add considerably to [its] vividness and beauty. Its spirit is robust. This plaudit came at the beginning of her tragically truncated career and life. Barely six