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Pilgrimages : memories of colonial Macau and Hong Kong by Maria Noëlle Ng is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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These Rich And Lucidly Composed Personal Essays On The Author's Early Life Journeys In Portuguese Macau And British Hong Kong Offer Vivid Remembrances Of Colonial Landscapes, Architectures, And Livelihoods Of Recent Decades. Ng Candidly Depicts Many Humorous And Painful Episodes Navigating Family Politics And Her Intercultural Pilgrimages From Adolescent Romances To Professional Life.--publisher's Website. Introduction: Life Writing And Borderlands. -- Porto. A Pilgrim To Porto ; River Life ; Church Scenes ; Bookshops ; Morning. -- Macau. The Coming Of The Portuguese ; Talking To Vasco Da Gama ; Fading Colony ; A House In Macau ; Macanese Snapshots ; Pilgrimages. -- Hong Kong. The Dandy And The Gambler ; Highrises And Apartments ; My Colonial Education ; The Nuns Versus The Mother ; Deaths In The Family ; Cemeteries ; Football (soccer) And Other Obsessions ; Maids In Hong Kong ; Expats I Knew ; Book Places ; Hotels And Hospitals ; A Week In My Life (before I Left Hong Kong Forever!) ; Palimpsests. -- To Write, To Travel. Maria N. Ng.

Who reads Pilgrimages : memories of colonial Macau and Hong Kong?

Author

Maria Noëlle Ng

Publisher

Hong Kong University Press; Eurospan [distributor]

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9789888052646

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Historical Fiction