{"product_id":"atlas-9780231161008","title":"Atlas","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the long-lost City of Victoria (a fictional world similar to Hong Kong), \u003ci\u003eAtlas\u003c\/i\u003e is written from the unified perspective of future archaeologists struggling to rebuild a thrilling metropolis. Divided into four sections—\"Theory,\" \"The City,\" \"Streets,\" and \"Signs\"—the novel reimagines Victoria through maps and other historical documents and artifacts, mixing real-world scenarios with purely imaginary people and events while incorporating anecdotes and actual and fictional social commentary and critique.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuch like the quasi-fictional adventures in map-reading and remapping explored by Paul Auster, Jorge Luis Borges, and Italo Calvino, Dung Kai-cheung's novel challenges the representation of place and history and the limits of technical and scientific media in reconstructing a history. It best exemplifies the author's versatility and experimentation, along with China's rapidly evolving literary culture, by blending fiction, nonfiction, and poetry in a story about succeeding and failing to recapture the things we lose. Playing with a variety of styles and subjects, Dung Kai-cheung inventively engages with the fate of Hong Kong since its British \"handover\" in 1997, which officially marked the end of colonial rule and the beginning of an uncharted future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kai-cheung Dung","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48275409404155,"sku":"9780231161008","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9780231161008.jpg?v=1772481152","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/atlas-9780231161008","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}