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[REVIEW] βRich Complexity: Mouly Suryaβs πππππ‘βπππ πππ, πππ€, π΅πππππ€ππ πππ...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Mouly Surya (director), Something Old, New, Borrowed and Blue, 2019. 4 min. Mouly Suryaβs short film Something Old, New, Borrowed...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βA Great World: Poem and Introductionβ by Paul Bevan
No more the acrobats, singers and dancers,Prostitutes and pimps, criminals and chancers. β¦β¦β¦β¦..A green veil is drawn over all. β¦β¦β¦β¦..Rain drips down in an empty hall. The sound of hammers shovels and...
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[REVIEW] βHe Records the Dawns and the Sunsets: Eliot Weinbergerβs πβπ πΏπππ...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Eliot Weinberger, The Life of Tu Fu, New Directions, 2024, 80 pp. In an authorβs note on the last page of his new book The Life...
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[REVIEW] βPowerful Storytelling: Leslie Shimotakaharaβs πππ π‘πππ ππ π‘βπ...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Leslie Shimotakahara, Sisters of the Spruce, Caitlin Press, 2024, 234 pp. Set in the backdrop of World War One, Leslie...
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[REVIEW] βAn Illuminating Journey: Jonathan D. Spenceβs πβπ πΊππ‘π ππ π»πππ£ππππ¦...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Jonathan D. Spence, The Gate of Heavenly Peace: The Chinese and Their Revolution, Penguin, 1982. 560 pgs. Contrary to what the title...
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[REVIEW] βA Series of Cyanotypes: Xi Xiβs πππ’πππππ π π΅ππππ π‘β by Marsha McDonald
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Xi Xi (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Mourning a Breast, New York Review Books, 2024. 320 pgs. From the preface to the final...
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] βThe Beginning (or Continuation) of a Mongolian New...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (director), City of Wind, 2023. 103 min. Films about Mongolia donβt make their way to Europe too often and...
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[REVIEW] βIntricate Sketches: Andreas von Buddenbrockβs πβπ πΌππ πππππ π»πππ...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Andreas von Buddenbrock, The Ink Trail Hong Kong, Blacksmith Books, 2024. 96 pgs. When I moved to Hong Kong in 1990, I arrived with...
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[REVIEW] βRaising Valid Concerns: Yun Ko-eunβs πβπ π·ππ ππ π‘ππ πππ’πππ π‘β by Jack...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONSRETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Yun Ko-eun (author), Lizzie Buehler (translator), The Disaster Tourist, Serpentβs Tail, 2020. 186 pgs. After reviewing Yun Ko-eunβs...
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[REVIEW] βUnder Mother Durgaβs Watchful Eyes: Sati Mookherjeeβs πΈπ¦πβ by Al Lim
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Sati Mookherjee, Eye, Ravenna Press, 2022. 67 pgs. Sati Mookherjeeβs lyrical Eye is a moving testament to her grandfather, Sri Anil...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βThe Small Glass Bottle of Feathersβ by Jeff Beyl
I found a small glass bottle lying in the street in Hong Kong. The bottle had no label, no embossing, no top. There was no...
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[REVIEW] βThe Places We Would Rather Be: Yan Geβs πΈππ ππ€βπππβ by X. H. Collins
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Yan Ge. Yan Ge, Elsewhere: Stories, Scribner, 2023. 304 pgs. I became interested in Yan...
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[REVIEW] βA Profound Exploration of RealityβMaki Kashimadaβs πππ’ππππ π‘βπ πΏπππ...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Touring the Land of the Dead. Maki Kashimada (author), Haydn Trowell (translator), Touring...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βThe Singing of the Bluebirdβ by Yuan Jinmei, translated by Kevin...
About the story βThe Singing of the Bluebirdβ θιΈεΎεΎ: A Chinese man who grew up in poverty on a riverboat studies hard and becomes wealthy. After moving abroad, he marries a blonde-haired, blue-eyed...
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[REVIEW] βLiving Life to the Fullest: Xi Xiβs πππ’πππππ π π΅ππππ π‘β by Lydia Kwa
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Mourning a Breast. Xi Xi (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Mourning a Breast, New...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βDo You Like Chinese Things?β by Jeff Beyl
My wifeβs family keep asking me if I βlike Chinese thingsβ. We recently went back to Hong Kong to visit them. We have been back to Hong Kong many times and although they know me quite well by now,...
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[EXCLUSIVE] βHot Popping Momma!: Reading Jin Yong in Translation, Part IIβ by...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Read βReading Jin Yong in Translation, Part Iβ HERE. Jin Yong, aka Louis Cha Leung-yung (1924-2018). Picture via. β Jin Yong...
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[REVIEW] βBeing a Hongkonger: Derek Chungβs π΄ πΆβπ πΆβπππ ππππ πβππ‘ π·πππ πππ‘...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on A Cha Chaan Teng That Does Not Exist. Derek Chung (author), May Huang (translator), A Cha...
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[REVIEW] βA Rather Allegorical Novel: Lau Yee-Waβs πππππ’ππππ π β by Jennifer...
RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Lau Yee-Wa (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Tongueless, The Feminist Press, 2024. 280 pgs. Wai, the tragic figure at the...
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