Ah, yet another youtube find.
So just where in Hong Kong is that retaining wall which features in Eileen Chang's (张爱铃) novella Love in a Fallen City (顷城之恋)?
Hint: it is almost certainly not in Repulse Bay but somewhere in Central and known to many not for the Chang connection but as a Lan Kwai Fong wall which is, well, unmissable:
For more on Eileen Chang: Wikipedia and here.
Roland Soong is, of course, the power behind blog extraordinaire EastSouthWestNorth.
Hong Kong director Ann Hui's 1984 film adaptation Love in a Fallen City (with English-language subtitles), starring Cora Miao and Chow Yun-fat is well worth a look-see.
Just published. . . Love in a Fallen City, by Eileen Chang; translated by Karen S. Kingsbury: New York Review of Books
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2 comments:
Loved that piece. Thanks for posting it.
Justin,
All hail serendipity!
Glad you enjoyed it.
Me, too.
Allbest,
Mister B
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