Ordinary Days
Author | : Leo Ou-fan Lee |
Publisher | : The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2021-01-15 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789882371965 |
ISBN-13 | : 9882371965 |
Rating | : 4/5 (965 Downloads) |
Download or read book Ordinary Days written by Leo Ou-fan Lee and published by The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. This book was released on 2021-01-15 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The memoir Ordinary Days by the scholar and critic Leo Ou-fan Lee and his wife Esther Lee Yuk Ying brings to this Hong Kong series an intensely personal touch, consciously echoing the great sentimental memoir of the eighteenth century, Shen Fu's Six Chapters of a Floating Life. With disarming candour, Leo and Esther lay bare their hearts to share with us their story of love and suffering, charting in a series of memorable chapters their shared spiritual quest. Set partly against the recent backdrop of some of Hong Kong's most turbulent years, partly in the far-flung diaspora of the Chinese intelligentsia, this is a revealing record of the inner life of a highly cultivated modern Chinese couple.