Xi Xi City

A living exhibit devoted to Hong Kong, Xi Xi, and My City.

Xi Xi City is a living exhibit. It provides a place for everyone to read and write about one of Hong Kong’s greatest authors.

You can contribute–via writing, art, music, or in any other form–to the ongoing discussion of beloved works like My City.

You can also find new and ever-expanding ways of exploring Xi Xi’s career and its many high points.  

Xi Xi City sustains the close connection between Xi Xi and Hong Kong, while also inviting readers from around the world to experience her unique voice.

typewriter illustration by Xi Xi

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    • The “musical” scene on ‘My City’

      When reading Xi Xi's "My City", I came across at chapter nine a passage on death and funeral, which is rarely touched on by critics, and the "musical" scene in the passage left a...

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    • Yanyi’s reflections on ‘My City’

      While I was impressed by “citizenship only” and the funeral train in my first reading of the book, My City’s being chosen as the book for 2020 by “One City One Book” makes it...

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    • Bidisha Banerjee comments on ‘My City’

      What I enjoyed most about reading Xi Xi’s My City, is the quaint charm with which she imbues everything she delineates, even the most mundane things like moving house, wrapping things in plastic, or...

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    • Lucinda News comments on ‘My City’

      “Xi Xi’s writing is both child-like and highly challenging. In My City, you are shown Hong Kong as if refracted through a prism. The city is there, but you never see it head on....

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