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092			_aCHEUNG, K. _bC526
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100	1		_aCheung, Karen, _d1993- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe impossible city : _ba Hong Kong memoir / _cKaren Cheung.
246	3	0	_aHong Kong memoir
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bRandom House, _c[2022]
264		4	_c©2022
300			_axix, 320 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aA map of Hong Kong, 2021 -- 1997 -- Festivities -- Parallel universes -- 2003 -- Twenty-two roommates -- 2014 -- Through the fog -- The former international school kid -- Language traitors -- Welcome to the factories -- A city in purgatory.
520			_a"In a place where time is running out, sometimes the most radical act is remembrance. Hong Kong has long been known as a city of extremes: a former colony of the United Kingdom that today exists at the margins of an authoritarian, ascendant China; a city rocked by mass protests, where residents take to the streets to rally against encroaching threats on their democracy and freedoms. But it is also misunderstood and often romanticized, its history and politics oversimplified in Western headlines. Drawing richly from her own experience, as well as countless interviews with the artists, protesters, students, and writers who have made Hong Kong their home, journalist Karen Cheung gives us an insider's view of this remarkable city, making the case along the way that we should look to Hong Kong as a warning sign for what lies ahead for other global democracies. Coming of age in the wake of Hong Kong's reunification with China in 1997, Cheung traverses the multifold identities available to her in childhood and beyond, whether that was at her English-speaking international schools, where her classmates were often the children of diplomats or corporate officers, or within her deeply traditional family. Along the way, Cheung gives a personal account of what it's like to seek out affordable housing and mental healthcare in one of the world's most expensive cities. She also takes us into Hong Kong's vibrant indie music and literary scenes--youth-driven spaces of creative resistance. Inevitably, Cheung brings us with her to the protests, where her understanding of what it means to belong to Hong Kong finally crystallized"-- _cProvided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 299-320).
600	1	0	_aCheung, Karen, _d1993-
651		0	_aHong Kong (China) _xSocial life and customs _y21st century.
651		0	_aHong Kong (China) _xSocial conditions _y21st century.
651		0	_aHong Kong (China) _xHistory _y21st century.
651		0	_aHong Kong (China) _vBiography.
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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