The Fish Curse : and Other Hong Kong Stories - Wong Leung-wo

The Fish Curse : and Other Hong Kong Stories - Wong Leung-wo

Wong Leung-wo

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  • Publication Date · 25/09/2026
  • Genre · Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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In this collection of interconnected stories set in Hong Kong where each home is furnished with its own demons, hallucinations lurk just beyond the stress-induced cracks of daily life. As generations phase through concrete halls, echoes of children's fighting fish rivalries and games of demonic possession linger while their older selves fight to keep a roof over their heads and argue about preparing the dead for the afterlife. Some obsessively excavate old memories, while others attempt to rise above the claustrophobia - but when the elevator starts breeding new delusions, who can tell where the boundaries between paranoia and paranormal lie?

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