出生、成長於香港,任職記者(人物專訪)、電視編劇及電影策劃。其中電影作品有﹕《父子情》、《胭脂扣》》、《霸王別姬》、《潘金蓮之前世今生》、《秦俑》、《川島芳子》、《誘僧》、《青蛇》等。雖屢獲國際獎項,卻如已潑出去的水,只希望最好的作品仍未寫就。專欄及小說在中港台新馬等報刊登載,並結集出版六十多本。多國譯本已印行。美國 William Morrow 出版社擁有部份小說中文以外世界版權。作者認為人生所追求不外「自由」與「快樂」,作風低調,活得逍遙。
this changed my life. /the/ book about the hong kong predicament to end all books about and set in hong kong!!! i know it's all about Oh Woe Social Alienation in this Uncaring Unforgiving Modern Society ... oh how modern-day hong kongers are displaced and rootless ... but she juxtaposes that with this bittersweet nostalgia for the [Distinctly Chinese Cultural] Past and some of the most beautiful passages of vernacular chinese i've read in my life im wheeze. i miss this novel so badly
Such a classic novel, have heard of this fabled story a couple of times having spent a part of my childhood in hong kong surrounded by native cantonese speakers. A special book for me as I haven’t really touched on novels depicting hong kong during the 70s~. As long as it’s just fictional story, I get more of an idea of the vibrant, with a slight hint of melancholy atmosphere during those times ( hk is a naturally saturated city, but there were many corruption going on back then ). And honestly, I feel a bit homesick after reading it lol.