To the Seaside Before Dawn - by Man-lam

The sea that surged to change this city's fate, and its coastal habitats whose destinies are continually rewritten. Recommended by Lam Chiu-ying, Yu Lai-man, and Lee Chi-leung. Forewords by Hon Lai-chu and Wong Ching-hang. -- Lam Chiu-ying (Former Director of the Hong Kong Observatory): In this book, Man-lam takes us across Hong Kong, from waterfalls on mountains flowing down to river mouths and mudflats, from remote villages to small remnants of nature beside luxury housing estates. Everywhere, she finds traces of nature's tenacious life. Yu Lai-man (Programme Co-ordinator of MA in Literary and Cultural Studies, The University of Hong Kong): "To the Seaside Before Dawn" responds to the intricate layers of ecology, history, the city, and the individual's relationship, a rare multi-faceted work. Lee Chi-leung (Writer): In the editing and substitution of scenes, texts, and narrative voices, readers follow a "substitute-like bodily consciousness" of the survivor to observe, perceive, and journey through another path of "My City." -- This is a collection of essays on Hong Kong's ecological writing, and also a travelogue of Hong Kong that reflects its humanistic history. Along the coastlines of Hong Kong's islands and the Kowloon Peninsula, the author folds in childhood memories. Through the gaps of sunlight, the words sprout the intimacy and distance between the individual, the city, and nature. -- Pages: 264 Interior Color: Two-color Binding: Paperback Category: Hong Kong Literature / Essays / Contemporary Chinese Works