Driving Lantau: Whisper of an Island, 大山與人

by Yin Shan Lo

Other authorsAnthony McHugh (Author)
Paper Book, 2012

Status

Available

Call number

MON.LYS

Publication

MCCM Creations (Hong-Kong)

Description

The largest of the islands that make up the greater Hong Kong area, Lantau remains decidedly separate from the urban sprawl of Hong Kong island and the Kowloon peninsula, boasting a wide array of native animals and plants as well as numerous longterm "visitors," such as a monk born in Fujian in 1897, an artisan guitar maker, traditional Chinese medical practitioners, and English botanists and graphic designers.Driving Lantau documents these lives and reconstructs various perspectives of the island over the past half century, from the effect of wars and waves of immigrants to marauding pirates and the introduction of Disneyland.

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ISBN

9789881858443
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