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Gweilo
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Author : Martin Booth
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday UK
Release Date : 2004
Gweilo written by Martin Booth and has been published by Doubleday UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Shadowed by the unhappiness of his warring parents, a broad-minded mother and a bigoted father, Martin Booth's memoir of his childhood in Hong Kong in the early 1950s is a journey into Chinese culture and an extinct colonial way of life.
Golden Boy
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Author : Martin Booth
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan
Release Date : 2006-11-14
Golden Boy written by Martin Booth and has been published by Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The last work of the internationally known, Booker-shortlisted writer is a memoir of growing up in 1950s Hong Kong.
Good Bye Gweilo
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Author : Erwin Atwood
language : en
Publisher: Hampton Press (NJ)
Release Date : 1996
Good Bye Gweilo written by Erwin Atwood and has been published by Hampton Press (NJ) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Hong Kong categories.
This work explores long-term public opinion and media use regarding Britain's return of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China. Content analysis, opinion surveys, and reviews are used to summarise public and international opinion. An overview of Hong Kong past and present is incorporated.
Gweilo
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Author : Maurizio Romano
language : it
Publisher: Gruppo Albatros Il Filo
Release Date : 2021-01-01
Gweilo written by Maurizio Romano and has been published by Gruppo Albatros Il Filo this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Ci sono ricordi spesso tanto forti e intensi da poter diventare una lezione di vita per le future generazioni. Ricordi così preziosi da decidere di custodirli in un testo autobiografico, che racconta il viaggio di vita e di carriera che ha cambiato per sempre la vita dell’autore. Con una scrittura fluida e una narrazione in prima persona, lo scrittore Maurizio Romano condivide la sua esperienza da Gweilo, da straniero, nella Cina del passato, quella genuina, povera e ricca di valori, tra scenari da fiaba, la saggezza di alcuni antichi proverbi popolari e un modo di apprezzare la bellezza delle piccole cose, oggi ignorata da molti… Maurizio Romano è nato a Napoli nel 1956 e lì è vissuto fino al 1983, anno che ha cambiato radicalmente la sua vita… all’età di 27 anni, appena sposato si è trasferito a Milano ed ha iniziato la sua “avventura commerciale” in Cina Popolare. Negli anni ’80 il suo “incontro” con la Cina, una enorme ed ancora poco conosciuta nazione che inizia a muovere i primi passi per venire fuori dal periodo maoista e dall’isolamento dal resto del mondo che questo aveva generato. Una realtà per lui assolutamente affascinante perché fuori dal tempo, gli sembra di essere sul set di un film ambientato negli anni ’50, nella quale vive tutta una serie di episodi/esperienze che vanno dal divertente all’esilarante ed al commovente e che lo forgiano come imprenditore e come uomo. Quella Cina Popolare meravigliosamente romantica che non esiste più è rimasta nel suo cuore e ha voluto raccontarla attraverso le forti emozioni umane vissute durante ogni viaggio perché crede che pochi l’abbiano conosciuta realmente e profondamente come ha fatto lui. Con questo libro vuole rendere omaggio alla per lui eroica popolazione di quei tempi che, in cambio della proverbiale ciotola di riso concessagli dallo stato, ha creato le basi per le future generazioni della Cina moderna. La figlia Valentina, nata nel 1991, che fin da piccola ha ascoltato incantata i racconti delle “avventure” cinesi di suo padre, ha poi avuto il grande merito di averlo spinto a raccontare quegli indimenticabili anni ’80 dando il suo fondamentale contributo nella stesura di “Gweilo”.
Gweilo In The Diaolou
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Author : Rob Harvey
language : zh-CN
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2016-02-16
Gweilo In The Diaolou written by Rob Harvey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-16 with categories.
We both went through separate immigration lines, she as a Hong Kong Resident, me as an alien, just like the first time stepping through the border check-point from Hong Kong to China. Then I was lost for an hour. Alone in China. No English signs, as in Hong Kong, no English speaking. Just helpless. It wouldn't be so bad if I'd worked harder at my Cantonese language skills. Wouldn't be so bad if I'd bothered to learn some basic reading skills so I could understand simple signs with directions, like "up" or "down," "left" or "right." What made it worse is that this wasn't the first time. Exactly the same thing happened in 2012, the first time I'd made this border crossing. What made it infuriating was that it had happened again despite having discussed a plan, and a very specific contingency plan, but look though I may, high and low, I was completely alone. I walked up and down for a while. I stayed in the same spot for a while. I walked around in circles for a while, dragging my suitcase. No sign of her anywhere. There were people teeming everywhere and most of them looked like her. And of course, I shouldn't be too hard to find. A Gweilo cork in a sea of Chinese...
Gweilo
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Author : Brian Nicholson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Gweilo written by Brian Nicholson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
The opening of China's nuclear power Station in Daya Bay, only 20 miles from the bustling streets of Hong, provides one man, the 'Gweilo', with the opportunity to prevent Hong Kong being returned to the Chinese.
How To Kill A Gweilo
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Author : James Simon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
How To Kill A Gweilo written by James Simon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with categories.
Gweilo In The Diaolou
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Author : Rob Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2015-11-05
Gweilo In The Diaolou written by Rob Harvey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-05 with categories.
Do you love travel stories? Gweilo in the Diaolou takes you to regional China on the road less traveled. Gweilo is a Cantonese slang term meaning "ghost man" or white man. Diaolou are defensive watch towers only found in the villages and towns of Kaiping county in the province of Guangdong, China. In a classic fish out of water story Australian Rob Harvey travels to rural China and gets himself tangled up with the language, the culture, the cuisine and the history.Despite the language barrier, he forms close and connecting bonds with friends and family with a combination of humor, respect and compassion. This very personal adventure will have you laughing from one side of China to the other through dumplings, dragons and diaolous. "As I walked through the door, every single pair of eyes in the restaurant locked onto me, locked onto the Gweilo. It was very intimidating. We were ushered upstairs away from the crowd, as each pair of eyeballs followed my every step. I counted them. 200 eyeballs were staring, fixated on the freak that just walked into the restaurant and up the stairs." If you love a good travel adventure laced with humor, then you will love Rob Harvey's Gweilo in the Diaolou.
Shakespeare Was A Gweilo
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Author : Clive Nixon
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-08-16
Shakespeare Was A Gweilo written by Clive Nixon and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-16 with Humor categories.
From aspiring Miss Hong Kong beauty contestants and predatory menacing butterflies, to addressing an empty quad and concealing a provocative Marilyn Monroe tie, enter the hilarious world of teaching English in Hong Kong - with all its charms and frustrations!
Gweilo Moments
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Author : Robin Minietta
language : en
Publisher: Chameleon PressLtd
Release Date : 2005-06
Gweilo Moments written by Robin Minietta and has been published by Chameleon PressLtd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
How does one go about opening one's heart to an abused six-year old boy who speaks not one word of English? What do menopause and kudzu have in common? Where do we turn for that extra dose of courage, or an extra dollop of humor to help us through the day? 'Gweilo Moments', a collection of interlocking essays by Robin Minietta, is a thoughtful -- and, provocative -- meditation on lives that unfold against the backdrop of Hong Kong. Both poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, Minietta's debut book showcases a strong, clear intelligent woman's voice. ..". heartwrenchingly real ... Minietta earns the reader's full attention and grips it until the last page." -- South China Morning Post; "East and West not so much clash as confusingly bump into each other ... Searingly honest and personal." -- BC Magazine