The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung

The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir

Karen Cheung

320 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced

Description

A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.Hong Kong is known as a place of extremes: a former colony of the ...

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Moods

reflective 90%
emotional 76%
informative 66%
challenging 53%
sad 53%
dark 26%
tense 20%
hopeful 13%
inspiring 10%
adventurous 3%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 20%
fast 3%

Average rating

4.12

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