Over the past few years, readers, writers, and publishers in Hong Kong have become interested in the city’s history. New books about colonial figures, societal events, and relics not covered in textbooks have proliferated, dominating independent bookshops’ sales lists. Newly discovered colonial monuments and old buildings slated for demolition, such as the Ex-Sham Shui Po
Dung Kai-cheung weaves his inimitable magical realism into brief, nostalgic tales of late-1990s Hong Kong that recall the era’s everyday ephemera and the city’s youthful obsession with all things Japanese.