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Borrowed Spaces
Borrowed Spaces

Borrowed Spaces

Life Between the Cracks of Modern Hong Kong

Penguin Specials: The Hong Kong Series

SOCIAL SCIENCE

100 Pages, 4.5 x 7

Trade Paper, $9.95 (US $9.95) (CA $12.95)

Publication Date: December 2017

ISBN 9780734310859

Rights: US & CA

Penguin Random House Australia (Dec 2017)
Penguin Australia

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Overview

A moving look at the common Hong Konger's struggle for a way of life against the bureaucratic and oppressive urbanism of their state

Where have all the fishballs gone? From a journalist deeply attuned to the subtleties of Hong Kong life comes Borrowed Spaces, a chronicle of the ways in which the grassroots citizens of Hong Kong reshape their city to make up for the shortcomings of their bureaucratic government. Mango trees sprouting on roundabouts, fishball stalls, and neon signs: these are just some of the Hong Kong icons that are casualties in the struggle to reclaim public spaces. Christopher DeWolf explores the history of Hong Kong's urban growth through the daily tug of war between the people's needs to express themselves and government regulations.

Author Biography

Christopher DeWolf is a journalist and long-time contributor to The Wall Street Journal and the South China Morning Post. His writing also appeared in TIME magazine and The Guardian. Additionally, he is the Editor at Large for the architecture magazine Surface Asia.

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