Islands and Continents – Short Stories by Leung Ping–kwan

Yoshiharu Tezuka is an associate professor of media and cultural studies at Komazawa University in Japan.

• Foreword: 'PK' - John Minford; Transcendence and the Fax Machine - Translated by Jeanne Tai; The Romance of the Rib - Translated by Shirley Poon and Robert Neather; The Dentists on the Avenida de la Revolucion - Translated by Brian Holton and Agnes Hung-chong Chan; Postcards from Prague - Translated by Tong Man, Jasmine; Borders - Translated by Shuang Shen; Islands and Continents - Translated by Caroline Mason; Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart - Translated by Chan Wing Sze and John Minford; Afterword: Writer's Jetlag - Translated by John Minford and Agnes Hung-chong Chan; Contributors' Biographical Notes.

Leung Ping-kwan is one of the leading writers now active in Hong Kong and is known worldwide. His writings are distinctly and interestingly 'local' and 'global' at the same time. -- Lee Ou-Fan, Professor of Humanities, The Chinese University of Hong Kong