Hummingbirds Fly Backwards
Published on 31. May 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-5039-3597-6 (ISBN)
Description
In Hong Kong in the 1990s, three twentysomethings search for love-and learn that they must find themselves first.
Chow Jeoi is a lingerie saleswoman who is desperately in love with a married man. She is willing to wait for him, despite her own loneliness-and her increasing uncertainty at the approach of her thirtieth birthday. Fashion model Chui Yuk will do anything to support her boyfriend's dreams of being a writer, even risk her own career. And law-firm secretary Yau Ying feels lost within her relationship, which, after seven years, lacks passion. Together these adventurous young women will navigate romance and betrayal, personal growth and independence, perseverance and disappointment. And after every heartbreak, through laughter and tears, they will be there to lift one another up.
A bittersweet portrait of love, loss, and the triumphs and pains of entering adulthood, Hummingbirds Fly Backwards speaks to a unique and timeless kind of love: friendship.
Chow Jeoi is a lingerie saleswoman who is desperately in love with a married man. She is willing to wait for him, despite her own loneliness-and her increasing uncertainty at the approach of her thirtieth birthday. Fashion model Chui Yuk will do anything to support her boyfriend's dreams of being a writer, even risk her own career. And law-firm secretary Yau Ying feels lost within her relationship, which, after seven years, lacks passion. Together these adventurous young women will navigate romance and betrayal, personal growth and independence, perseverance and disappointment. And after every heartbreak, through laughter and tears, they will be there to lift one another up.
A bittersweet portrait of love, loss, and the triumphs and pains of entering adulthood, Hummingbirds Fly Backwards speaks to a unique and timeless kind of love: friendship.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Seattle
United States
Publishing group
Amazon Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5039-3597-6 (9781503935976)
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Amy Cheung is one of Hong Kong's most popular writers, well known throughout the Chinese-speaking world. Her first novel, Women on the Breadfruit Tree, appeared in serialized form in the daily newspaper Ming Pao. She has written more than forty widely acclaimed books, including novels and essay collections.
Bonnie Huie is the translator of the forthcoming Notes of a Crocodile by Taiwanese countercultural icon Qiu Miaojin and the liner notes for the Golden Melody Award-nominated debut album by Taiwanese jazz double bassist Vincent Hsu. Her translation of the story "Under the Cherry Blossoms" by Japanese modernist Motojiro Kajii was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she is a past recipient of a PEN Translation Fund Grant. Her work appears in PEN America, Kyoto Journal, the Brooklyn Rail, and the Margins.
Bonnie Huie is the translator of the forthcoming Notes of a Crocodile by Taiwanese countercultural icon Qiu Miaojin and the liner notes for the Golden Melody Award-nominated debut album by Taiwanese jazz double bassist Vincent Hsu. Her translation of the story "Under the Cherry Blossoms" by Japanese modernist Motojiro Kajii was nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and she is a past recipient of a PEN Translation Fund Grant. Her work appears in PEN America, Kyoto Journal, the Brooklyn Rail, and the Margins.