the impossible city

Random House (February 2022)

Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction
One of the best books of the year: the Washington Post and The Economist

“[H]ums with wide-eyed discoveries and the lowest heartache, quiet intimacies and street-shaking roars, the thrill of being lost in this massive, haunted, mythologized, neon city, yet finding oneself in the end.”—Hua Hsu, author of Stay True

“Radiant prose and incisive reporting . . . renders modern-day Hong Kong with evocative detail.” —Kat Chow, author of Seeing Ghosts

“An edgy, highly personal memoir about a generation . . . witness[ing] the disappearance of the city they call home.” —Barbara Demick, author of Nothing to Envy and Eat the Buddha

“A powerful memoir of love and anguish in a cold financial capital with an underbelly of vibrant, freedom-loving youth.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“English-language readers might not find a book that more fully captures Hong Kong in such visceral detail and humanity as Cheung’s.” —Booklist (starred review)

Excerpts: Foreign Policy | CBS News

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