The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir by Karen Cheung

The Impossible City: A Hong Kong Memoir

Karen Cheung

320 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
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A boldly rendered—and deeply intimate—account of Hong Kong today, from a resilient young woman whose stories explore what it means to survive in a city teeming with broken promises.Hong Kong is known as a place of extremes: a former colony of the ...

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Moods

reflective 93%
emotional 75%
informative 71%
sad 57%
challenging 51%
dark 28%
tense 17%
hopeful 15%
inspiring 15%
adventurous 4%
relaxing 4%
funny 2%
mysterious 2%

Pace

medium 75%
slow 22%
fast 2%

Average rating

4.05

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