The Hong Kong Letters: A Travel Memoir

In this spirited memoir, where Mad Men meets Han Suyin's A Many-Splendoured Thing, Gill recreates a Hong Kong of the 1960s. A weekend sail goes awry when she strays into the waters of Communist China. A full-scale search finds no trace. Yet she is alive, reciting from Mao's 'Little Red Book' with no idea what fate awaits her.

Summary

In this spirited memoir, where Mad Men meets Han Suyin’s 'A Many-Splendoured Thing', Gill recreates a Hong Kong of the 1960s.

Product details

• Authors: Gill Shaddick
• Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781925984422
• ISBN: 978-1-925984-42-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 399 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; China, Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen, Asiatische Geschichte, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / Asia / China