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Literature · 1997

Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City

Dung Kai-cheung

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Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
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What this is doing

Carries memory forward while giving it a stronger literature expression.

A handover-era Hong Kong written as an imaginary cartography — the city read as a set of speculative maps on the eve of transition.

This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.

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A handover-era Hong Kong written as an imaginary cartography — the city read as a set of speculative maps on the eve of transition.

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A handover-era Hong Kong written as an imaginary cartography — the city read as a set of speculative maps on the eve of transition.

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