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Emily Yeh
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Short story: Love in a Fallen City
this was a very difficult read for me with so many minor characters (and names) to track
however the concept of the story is ultimately incredibly bittersweet like many of Eileen’s themes. Perhaps the bittersweet reality of love and relations in war time HK & the way eastern people view our connection to the world around us.
the concept of accepting what life has given you
— Nov 28, 2024 07:45PM
this was a very difficult read for me with so many minor characters (and names) to track
however the concept of the story is ultimately incredibly bittersweet like many of Eileen’s themes. Perhaps the bittersweet reality of love and relations in war time HK & the way eastern people view our connection to the world around us.
the concept of accepting what life has given you
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Emily Yeh
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Wow.
Love in a fallen city: beautiful captures the push and pull romance between two figures unwilling to take a step forward, until the world forces them toward each other.
Had me smirking at the banter and tearing up at the frustrations from sentence to sentence. So wonderfully written.
A true favorite I’ll return to.
— Nov 02, 2024 11:01AM
Love in a fallen city: beautiful captures the push and pull romance between two figures unwilling to take a step forward, until the world forces them toward each other.
Had me smirking at the banter and tearing up at the frustrations from sentence to sentence. So wonderfully written.
A true favorite I’ll return to.
Emily Yeh
is 30% done
Short story: Jasmine Tea
The complexities of past HK/chinese communities riddled with cheating and children of these situations. The abrupt ending feels fitting given Chuangqing adolescence and inability to manage his emotions - jealous, sadness, rage. Just one chapter of his likely lifelong trauma
— Sep 22, 2024 11:38AM
The complexities of past HK/chinese communities riddled with cheating and children of these situations. The abrupt ending feels fitting given Chuangqing adolescence and inability to manage his emotions - jealous, sadness, rage. Just one chapter of his likely lifelong trauma
Emily Yeh
is 30% done
Finished the first short story.
Eileen’s writing, even translated, is beautiful at catching the nuances of chinese culture and interactions. The subtle movements and words that poetically depict chinese manners and expectations.
Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier — beautifully captures the realizations as you grow up and experience love in HK society. Contrasting Madame Liang experience and Weilong’s youth
— Sep 15, 2024 10:15AM
Eileen’s writing, even translated, is beautiful at catching the nuances of chinese culture and interactions. The subtle movements and words that poetically depict chinese manners and expectations.
Aloeswood Incense: The First Brazier — beautifully captures the realizations as you grow up and experience love in HK society. Contrasting Madame Liang experience and Weilong’s youth
