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A review by xtie
Writing in Difficult Times 困頓之書 by Nicholas Wong, Li Mei Ting, 黃裕邦, 李薇婷
4.0
Some gorgeous nuggets in here about grief, memories, what makes a craft yours, what makes you you without your craft, that constant sense of isolation I’ve felt in the past few years …
I appreciate that hk also had a very different covid experience to the rest of the world and so the essays don’t just run the gamut of pandemic writing. Some essays did shine brighter than others - those that did felt really sardonic but delicately crafted; I know the editors felt that they didn’t want to generalise about the works in total but I really felt this sense of… difficulty and struggle amongst the more memorable pieces.
I appreciate that hk also had a very different covid experience to the rest of the world and so the essays don’t just run the gamut of pandemic writing. Some essays did shine brighter than others - those that did felt really sardonic but delicately crafted; I know the editors felt that they didn’t want to generalise about the works in total but I really felt this sense of… difficulty and struggle amongst the more memorable pieces.