Ordinary Days

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A Memoir in Six Chapters

By Leo Ou-fan Lee and Lee Yuk Ying

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Ordinary Days is a heartfelt memoir by Leo Ou-fan Lee and Esther Lee Yuk Ying, offering an intimate glimpse into their life together. The book recalls the spirit of Shen Fu's Six Chapters of a Floating Life, capturing themes of love, suffering, and spiritual exploration. Set against the backdrop of Hong Kong's turbulent recent history and the wider Chinese diasporic experience, it unveils the inner world of a cultivated modern couple navigating personal and cultural challenges.
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Ideal for readers interested in personal memoirs, Chinese culture, and the interplay of history and intimate lives, especially those fascinated by Hong Kong's social landscape and the experiences of the Chinese intelligentsia.

The memoir Ordinary Days by the scholar and critic Leo Ou-fan Lee and his wife Esther Lee Yuk Ying brings to this Hong Kong series an intensely personal touch, consciously echoing the great sentimental memoir of the eighteenth century, Shen Fu's Six Chapters of a Floating Life.

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With disarming candour, Leo and Esther lay bare their hearts to share with us their story of love and suffering, charting in a series of memorable chapters their shared spiritual quest.

Set partly against the recent backdrop of some of Hong Kong's most turbulent years, partly in the far-flung diaspora of the Chinese intelligentsia, this is a revealing record of the inner life of a highly cultivated modern Chinese couple.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9789882371965

Publisher: The Chinese University Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 October 2021

Country: Hong Kong

Imprint: The Chinese University Press

Contributors:

Translated by Carol Ong
Translated by Annie Ren Luman

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 27.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 333g

Pages: 400

Collections

Arts & Culture Education & Reference Lee Yuk Ying Leo Ou-fan Lee Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Leo Ou-fan Lee is Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is author of many books on Chinese literature and culture, and is also a great lover of Western classical music.

Lee Yuk Ying is a published author and visual artist, whose paintings have been widely exhibited.

Annie Ren Luman, translator, is a PhD candidate at The Australian National University, writing on the Chinese novel The Story of the Stone.

Carol Ong, translator, was born in Taiwan. She studied translation at Melbourne University, where she is now employed.

John Minford is editor of the series Hong Kong Literature in Translation series. He is Emeritus Professor of Chinese at The Australian National University and Sin Wai Kin Professor of Chinese Culture and Translation at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong.