Xu Xi



Xu Xi

		the author The author of three novels and two fiction collections, Xu Xi ranks as one of Hong Kong’s foremost contemporary English language novelists. The Far Eastern Economic Review hailed the appearance of her first novel, Chinese Walls, "a welcome new voice in the field of Asian fiction writers." "Not the typical Hong Kong writer," Asiaweek noted, "and speaks with more authority because of it." In 1996, Asiaweek named her fiction collection Daughters of Hui, one of the top ten "best books" of the year. The Unwalled City, her most recently completed novel, was being published in March 2001 by Chameleon Press and History's Fiction, a collection of short stories, is being released in May 2001. She divides her time between Hong Kong and New York ... more
		books by Xu Xi
	The Unwalled City	HONG KONG, 1995. Life is surreal, swift, out of control, as the city rushes towards that inevitable moment, the "handover" to China in 1997. Here are lives and loves in a changing world. Andanna Lee You Fun, a 20-something local girl and reluctant jazz musician, watches love fade but discovers new life as a Canto-pop singer. Gail Szeto, a senior financial executive and Eurasian single mother, wrestles with a difficult past through an uneasy present. Colleen Leyland-Tang, an American Sinophile and wife of a wealthy businessman, confronts her continued infidelities despite a "successful" marriage. Vince da Luca, a divorcing New York photographer, earns a lucrative living but few other comforts in his mid-life. The Unwalled City conjures an extraordinary feeling of place as it takes the reader into the lives of these four characters and the people around them ... more Read an excerpt Earlier books include two novels, Hong Kong Rose (1997) and Chinese Walls (1994) and a fiction collection Daughters of Hui (1996). A collection of stories, History's Fiction - Stories from the City of Hong Kong will be published by Chameleon Press in May 2001 ... more about Xu Xi's books Xu Xi's books may be purchased at bookstores in Hong Kong and North America. If you cannot find them near you, or would like to pre-order a copy of The Unwalled City, please use the form below; and order form will be sent to you. Name: E-mail: Country: Pre-order Unwalled City Pre-order History's Fiction - Stories from the City of Hong Kong Hong Kong Rose Daughters of Hui
	links	Xu Xi's story Until the Next Century may be read on-line in the January 2001 (Vol. 2 No. 1) issue of Carve Magazine. Xu Xi was writer-in-residence at the Orlando home of Jack Kerouac, bard of the Beat Generation and author of On the Road from December 2000 to February 2001. Read her musings at Xu Xi's page. Xu Xi's participation in the Hong Kong literary journal Dim Sum was written up in Asiaweek.
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