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Atlas
- The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
Engelsk Hardback
Atlas
- The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
Engelsk Hardback

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Set in the long-lost City of Victoria (a fictional world similar to Hong Kong), Atlas is written from the unified perspective of future archaeologists struggling to rebuild a thrilling metropolis. Divided into four sections-"Theory," "The City," "Streets," and "Signs"-the novel reimagines Victoria through maps and other historical documents and artifacts, mixing real-world scenarios with purely imaginary people and events while incorporating anecdotes and actual and fictional social commentary and critique. Much like the quasi-fictional adventures in map-reading and remapping explored by Paul Auster, Jorge Luis Borges, and Italo Calvino, Dung Kai-cheung's novel challenges the representation of place and history and the limits of technical and scientific media in reconstructing a history. It best exemplifies the author's versatility and experimentation, along with China's rapidly evolving literary culture, by blending fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in a story about succeeding and failing to recapture the things we lose. Playing with a variety of styles and subjects, Dung Kai-cheung inventively engages with the fate of Hong Kong since its British "handover" in 1997, which officially marked the end of colonial rule and the beginning of an uncharted future.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9780231161008
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
023116100X
Udg. Dato:
17 jul 2012
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
148mm
Højde:
182mm
Forlag:
Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato:
17 jul 2012
Forfatter(e):
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