Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong

Named on the New York Times 100 Notable Books List of 2022.  Shortlisted for a Walkley Award.  A most anticipated book of 2022 by NEWSWEEK, LITERARY HUB and COSMOPOLITAN. "Arriving at the exact right moment, Indelible City charts the course of the region by digging deeply into its history.  Lim deftly weaves her way through the ages, arriving at our current time, all the while capturing Hong Kong's soul inside the book's pages." -Newsweek "Riveting...a vivid and vital contribution to postcolonial history." -Publishers Weekly, STARRED review "Lim's outstanding history of Hong Kong is an epic must-read...From the first page, the importance of language and the voices of Hong Kongers are central themes. Yet Indelible City captures much more as it records the struggle of people oppressed by British colonialism and suppressed by communist China yet determined in their pursuit of freedom and cultural identity." -Booklist, STARRED review "Throughout this smooth mixture of reportage and memoir,