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Sketches of Sai Kung

ISBN-13: 9789889979966
Hardback: 72 pages, full colour
Size: 21.8 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm
Published: October
2007

Price: HK$188 / US$23.95
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Sketches of S
ai Kung
by Lorette Roberts
ART

From Clearwater Bay to Tai Long Wan, the Sai Kung Peninsula is Hong Kong’s back garden – a place where people go to swim, hike, eat seafood alfresco, and otherwise escape the city. But besides the popular beaches and waterfront restaurants, there is an abundance of hidden attractions, and Lorette E. Roberts has discovered them for this book.

In these pages you’ll find rolling green hills, weekend junk trips, gambling grannies and pooches on parade; walled village houses and old film studios; Sung dynasty temples and rice farmers’ implements; fish markets, folk museums and wakeboarding clubs; a Chinese herbalist’s shop and the tools of ancient trades; sampan ladies, fleets of ferries, and ships of all shapes!

Third in a series of bestselling books, Sketches of Sai Kung paints this beautiful area of Hong Kong in a new light.

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AUTHOR APPEARANCES

> Book signing: 2pm, Sat 13th October, at Steamers, Sai Kung.
> Book launch: 6:30pm, Weds 17th October, at Bookazine, Central.

MEDIA ATTENTION

"...Roberts' sketches are quirky and subjects quaint this coupled with short descriptions from the author makes the breezy book strangely compelling."
LeeAnn Bennett, HK Magazine

Lorette spoke to Radio 3's Sarah Passmore on the Naked Lunch. Listen in at the RTHK archive.

 

 

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