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We share the same genes
although we speak a subtle different tongue
of generations and geography and time.
Both still drawn to the sound of the sea
that lies between us.
In Accidental Occidental, a unique collage of words and images, David McKirdy spins an Asian tapestry of people, places and impressions.
A madness fostered by too much distance and too much time
masked my total alienation from this totally alien nation.
So I'll return cynically clinically wiser,
an accidental occidental, re-oriented.
One of Hong Kong's best-known poets, David McKirdy was born in Scotland, raised in Hong Kong and confused in England when he arrived there for the first time as a twenty-year-old. Once he returned to Hong Kong, he never left again.
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Review: The Asian Review of Books
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 The Honey Gatherers
Mimlu Sen
The classic groupie memoir involves a rebellious rich kid from the suburbs who gets caught up in a world of sex, drugs and rock and roll and lives to tell the tale. Mimlu Sen fits the wealthy and rebellious stereotype, and her story certainly... [ Read full review ] |
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