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Cemetery -- Miss You

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CEMETERY MISS YOU, in the form of transcripts from audio recordings (similar to Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape") recounts the first year or so of a Pakistani illegal's experiences in Hong Kong. The work begins by detailing the boy-man's middle-class experiences in Pakistan, before he's all but forced to flee his home after shooting a man in the name of family honour. His life in Hong Kong begins as a life of poverty, living on the streets. Less than a year later he's buying rounds of drinks on The Peak, driving around in private cars, spending thousands of dollars on footwear, and making regular short trips to mainland China. --- The author writes: "Saa Ji--a name adopted by a host of Indian Subcontinent illegals and refugees in Hong Kong--tells not only his own story, but also the untold story of so many peripheral figures in Hong Kong, figures compelled into unimaginably intricate underworld networks--and not because of ethical unsoundness or suspectness. Instead, these perpetually marginalized and institutionally desperate figures have no other options. Saa Ji speaks of alterity in Hong Kong, of the otherness we all ignore."

Author Biography:

JASON S. POLLEY divides his time between reading, scuba diving, practicing yoga, motorcycling, and getting tattooed. His first book, a collection of short travel narratives in verse, entitled "refrain", was published by Proverse in 2010. "cemetery miss you" was begun in May 2009 and completed one year later so as to meet the deadline for the 2010 International Proverse Prize. Since 1998, Polley has lived in Guangzhou, Montreal, Bogota, Guayaquil, and Hong Kong. He's currently assistant professor of literary theory, American culture, and contemporary fiction at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Release date NZ
November 22nd, 2011
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
160
ISBN-13
9789881993281
Product ID
18634483

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