TY - BOOK
T1 - Dragons: Shorter Fiction of Leung Ping Kwan
AU - LEUNG, Ping Kwan
A2 - NG, Laura
A2 - MINFORD, John
A2 - CHAN, Wendy
A2 - TONG, Man Jasmine
A2 - MORGAN, David
PY - 2020/7
Y1 - 2020/7
N2 - Leung Ping Kwan brought as much talent and inspiration to the writing of his short stories as he did to his poems. ‘I have drawn on magical realism to explore the absurdity of Hong Kong,’ he wrote of the story ‘See Mun and the Dragon’ (1975) in which we find him using a simple, clipped style. The later story ‘Drowned Souls’ (2007) was written in a more symbolic, lyrical and more complex manner. Although the two stories are separated by over thirty years, and are in many ways so very different, dragons play a prominent part in both. The dragon has always been a fascinating creature, a complex embodiment of the timeless soul of China, symbol of the universal power of the imagination, of the creative energy and transformative possibilities of the Tao. Both of these enchanting stories are anchored in the author’s idea of freedom and liberation.
AB - Leung Ping Kwan brought as much talent and inspiration to the writing of his short stories as he did to his poems. ‘I have drawn on magical realism to explore the absurdity of Hong Kong,’ he wrote of the story ‘See Mun and the Dragon’ (1975) in which we find him using a simple, clipped style. The later story ‘Drowned Souls’ (2007) was written in a more symbolic, lyrical and more complex manner. Although the two stories are separated by over thirty years, and are in many ways so very different, dragons play a prominent part in both. The dragon has always been a fascinating creature, a complex embodiment of the timeless soul of China, symbol of the universal power of the imagination, of the creative energy and transformative possibilities of the Tao. Both of these enchanting stories are anchored in the author’s idea of freedom and liberation.
UR - https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/index.php?route=product/product&path=59_64&product_id=4058
M3 - Literary Works (Translator)
SN - 9789882371903
T3 - Hong Kong Literature Series
BT - Dragons: Shorter Fiction of Leung Ping Kwan
PB - The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press
ER -