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Literature · 1979

My City

Xi Xi

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My City
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What this is doing

Keeps memory in play with a different literature voice.

Xi Xi's experimental Hong Kong novel — the city as sentence, memory, and slightly off-kilter civic humour.

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

Where this can take you

Open anchor The Metamorphosis Carries urban isolation forward while giving it a stronger literature expression.

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Xi Xi's experimental Hong Kong novel — the city as sentence, memory, and slightly off-kilter civic humour.

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Xi Xi's experimental Hong Kong novel — the city as sentence, memory, and slightly off-kilter civic humour.

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cultural longevity · regional significance · editorial selection · thematic depth
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