The Train to Lo Wu

Set against the panoramic backdrop of modern-day Hong Kong, a debut anthology of short fiction captures the colorful lives of the inhabitants of this culturally diverse city, from a Chinese girl and her American teacher searching for the ghost of her suicidal mother, a masseur reliving the trauma of the Cultural Revolution, and a businessman who falls in love with a bar hostess. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.