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Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
Kai-Cheung Dung
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Description for Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
Hardback. Translator(s): Hansson, Anders; McDougall, Bonnie S.; Dung, Kai-cheung. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 312. The Archaeology of an Imaginary City. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. 192 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Dimension: 185 x 148 x 20. Weight: 308. Translator(s): Hansson, Anders; McDougall, Bonnie S.; Dung, Kai-cheung.
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into four sections-"Theory," "The City," "Streets," and "Signs"-the novel reimagines Victoria through maps and other historical documents and artifacts, mixing real-world scenarios with purely imaginary people and events while incorporating anecdotes and actual and fictional social commentary and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 ... Read more
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into four sections-"Theory," "The City," "Streets," and "Signs"-the novel reimagines Victoria through maps and other historical documents and artifacts, mixing real-world scenarios with purely imaginary people and events while incorporating anecdotes and actual and fictional social commentary and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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Series
Weatherhead Books on Asia
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231161008
SKU
V9780231161008
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About Kai-Cheung Dung
Dung Kai-cheung was born in Hong Kong in 1967 and received his B.A. and M. Phil. in comparative literature from the University of Hong Kong. He teaches part-time in several Hong Kong universities and writes novels and short stories in Chinese. His major fictional works include The Age of Apprenticeship; Histories of Time; Works and Creations; Paixoes Diagonais; P. E. ... Read more
Reviews for Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City
Dung Kai-cheung's Atlas: The Archeology of an Imaginary City is a most unusual work in the history of modern Chinese literature: part fiction, part history, part theory-all in the service of the author's unique method of fictional 'archaeology,' an endeavor that has unearthed a wealth of materials-streets, buildings, personalities, names and signs, and marvels and legends-about this 'vanished' city, the ... Read more